swarth

[ swawrth ]

/ swɔrθ /

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noun

sward; greensward.

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Origin of swarth

before 900; Middle English; Old English swearth, variant of sweard skin, rind; see sward

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[ swawrth ]

/ swɔrθ /

adjective

Unexplained variant of swart

swarthness, noun

He is swarth and thickset, and some five feet eight inches—full six inches under your own height.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
Captain Swarth descended to his cabin and found his keys missing; then he and the carpenter visited the chests.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson
"Keep the wind as much on the port quarter as you dare," ordered Swarth.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson
Captain Swarth looked at the square-rigged ship, now on the port quarter—an ill-defined blur to his imperfect vision.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson

He fell, and lay quiet, while Swarth himself adjusted the noose and bound the hands with his own handkerchief.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson