SWARF

Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (chips or shavings): turnings

Verb

swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)

(transitive) To grind down.

Etymology 2

Verb

swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)

(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.

Noun

swarf (plural swarfs)

(obsolete) A faint or swoon.

Anagrams

• FWSAR, Warfs

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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