Swarf

[swɔ:f]

Definition

(v. i.) To grow languid; to faint.

(n.) The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

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Definition

n. the grit from a grindstone in grinding cutlery wet.

v.i. to faint.—n. a swoon.

Typist: Thaddeus