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.
A nation strange, with visage swart. --Spenser.
2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing
during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the
countenance. [R.]
--Milton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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