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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To any one familiar with the geography of the iron city of Cambria county this will convey a vivid idea of a swarth averaging one-half mile in width and three miles in length.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert
The name of this knight was Sir Nabon, surnamed le Noir; for he was very swarth of hue, and he always wore armor entirely of black.
From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Pyle, Howard
“Hey, here’s owd Ransome and Tomson, the man as neither liked gristle nor swarth, but was very fond o’ pig’s feet.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
My little dark love is a wineberry, As swarth and as sweet, I hold; But as the dew on the wineberry Her heart is a-cold.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
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)
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