Associations to the word «Swart»

Wiktionary

SWART, adjective. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
SWART, adjective. (UK dialectal) Black.
SWART, adjective. (obsolete) Gloomy; malignant.
SWART, noun. (UK dialectal) Black or dark dyestuff; something of a certain swart; something of a certain ocker.
SWART, verb. (transitive) To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part; blacken; tan.
SWART, noun. Obsolete spelling of sward

Dictionary definition

SWART, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats