'Swarf' definitions:
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Swarf \Swarf\, v. i. [Cf. Swerve.]
To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very
hunger." --Sir W. Scott.
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Swarf \Swarf\, n. [Cf. Swerve.]
The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
[Prov. Eng.]
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