1) the fetch, or ghost, of a dying man ; perhaps from the A. S. SWEART, black, dark, pale, wan. Cumb.
2) grass just cut to be made up into hay. C.
·adj Swart; swarthy. II. Swarth ·noun Sward; short grass. III. Swarth ·noun ·see <<Swath>>. IV. S...
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