Swarth
/swɔː(ɹ)ð/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of sward. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Last year's scythes flung down, and left in the half-cut swarths."
- 2 An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
Adjective
- 1 swarthy archaic
"[…] What made those holes and rents In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to baulk All hope of greenness? […]"
Example
More examples"Last year's scythes flung down, and left in the half-cut swarths."
Etymology
See swart.