swarth
1 Americannoun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- swarthness noun
Etymology
Origin of swarth1
before 900; Middle English; Old English swearth, variant of sweard skin, rind; see sward
Origin of swarth2
Unexplained variant of swart
Example Sentences
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Rubies and precious stones are only born Amidst the rugged rocks, uncouth and swarth.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
The countenances of these men were swarth and savage-looking, their hair long, straight, and black as the wing of a crow; while both beard and moustache grew wildly over their faces.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
Through the reserves round about for many miles swarth heralds proclaimed that the great Chief Big Bear was giving a White Dog feast to his braves before summoning them to follow him upon the war-path.
From The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief by Collins, J. E. (Joseph Edmund)
It is either Raven’s thwaite or Raven’s swarth, but never worth, which is here meaningless.
From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William
What made those holes and rents In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to balk All hope of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon
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