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; sward
Origin of swarth2
Unexplained variant of swart
Example Sentences
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What made those holes and rents In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to balk70 All hope of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
As little would the idea of his eloquence or ambition call to our recollection the swarth and iron features, the bold and haughty dignity, of Strafford.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
We'll then tow'rds Burgos, And ere the swarth Castilian sees the sun Pour on his rip'ning vines meridian beams, Cæsario's royal dream shall close forever.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
Wingless, though, are these, And swarth, and every way abominable.
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green
Apollo feeds his fair ones, Ceres hers, Pomona, Pan, dun Jove, and Luna pale; So Nox her olives, so swarth Niobe.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
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