Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SWARTH

SWARTH, sworth, adjective1. Being of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.A nation strange with visage swart.[I believe swart and swarth are never used in the United States, cert...

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SWARTHILY

SWARTH'ILY, adverb [from swarthy.] Duskily; with a tawny hue.

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SWARTHINESS

SWARTH'INESS, noun Tawniness; a dusky or dark complexion.

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SWARTHY

SWARTH'Y, adjective [See Swart.] Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny. In warm climates, the complexion of men is universally swarthy or black. The Moors, Spaniards an...

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SWARTINESS

SWART'INESS, noun A tawny color.

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SWARTISH

SWART'ISH, adjective Somewhat dark or tawny.

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SWARTY

SWART'Y, adjective Swarthy; tawny.

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SWARVE

SWARVE, verb intransitive To swerve. [Not in use.]

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SWASH

SWASH, noun An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. [A cant word.]SWASH, noun A blustering noise; a vaporing. [Not in use or vulgar.]1. Impulse of wa...

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SWASHER

SWASH'ER, noun One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. [Not in use.]

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SWASHY

SWASH'Y, adjective Soft, like fruit too ripe. [Local.]SWASH'-BUCKLER, noun A sword-player; a bully or braggadocio. [Not in use.]

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SWAT

SWATSWATCH, noun A swath. [Not in use.]

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SWATCH

SWATCH, n. A swath. [Not in use.]

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SWATE

SWATE, verb intransitive To sweat.

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SWATH

SWATH, noun swoth.1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the sythe in mowing or cradling.2. The whole breadth or sweep of a sythe in mowing or cradling; as a wid...

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SWATHE

SWATHE, verb transitive To bind with a band, bandage or rollers; as, to swathe a child.1. To bind or wrap.Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when fir...

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SWAY

SWAY, verb transitive1. To move or wave; to wield with the hand; as, to sway the scepter.2. To bias; to cause to lean or incline to one side. Let not temporal advantages sway yo...

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SWAYED

SWA'YED, participle passive Wielded; inclined to one side; ruled; governed; influenced; biased.

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SWAYING

SWA'YING, participle present tense Wielding; causing to lean; biasing; ruling.SWA'YING, nounswaying of the back, among beasts, is a kind of lumbago, caused by a fall or by being...

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SWEAL

SWEAL, verb intransitive1. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.2. To blaze away.

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SWEALING

SWE'ALING, participle present tense Melting and wasting away.

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SWEAR

SWEAR, verb intransitivepreterit tense swore. [Eng. veer; Latin assevero.]1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.Ye ...

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SWEARER

SWEARER, noun One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.1. A profane person.Then the liars and swearers are fools.

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SWEARING

SWEARING, participle present tense Affirming upon oath; uttering a declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of it.1. Putting upon oath; causing to swear.SWEARING, noun T...

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SWEAT

SWEAT, noun swet. [Latin sudor.]1. The fluid or sensible moisture which issues out of the pores of the skin of an animal.In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Genesis 3...

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SWEATER

SWEAT'ER, noun One that causes to sweat.

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SWEATINESS

SWEAT'INESS, noun The state of being sweaty or moist with sweat.