What does "swarf" mean?
Swarf: To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger." Sir W. Scott.
Additional senses
- 2.The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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