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  1. 1. n. Sward. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Gloomy; malignant. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. naturally having skin of a dark color Source: wordnet
  6. 6. Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed. 1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser. 2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] Milton. Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] Milton. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T. Browne. Source: webster
  7. 7. Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed. Source: adambom
  8. 8. s naturally having skin of a dark color Source: ecdict

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