swarf (countable and uncountable, plural swarfs)
(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]
(countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
• (chips or shavings): turnings
swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)
(transitive) To grind down.
swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)
(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.
swarf (plural swarfs)
(obsolete) A faint or swoon.
• FWSAR, Warfs
Source: Wiktionary
Swarf, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition: To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger." Sir W. Scott.
Swarf, n. Etym: [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition: The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
