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swarf

swarf is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger." Sir W. Scott.
  2. 2.The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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