'Swart star' definitions:

Definition of 'Swart star'

From: GCIDE
  • Swart \Swart\, a. [OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries, OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel. svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. Sordid, Surd.]
  • 1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." --Trench. "Swart savage maids." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • A nation strange, with visage swart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]