Swart a.
1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. “Swart attendants.” --Trench. “Swart savage maids.” --Hawthorne.
A nation strange, with visage swart. --Spenser.
2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.]
Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] --Milton.
Swart, v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.
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swart
adj : naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky
cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is
archaic" [syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swarthy]