\Swarf\, v. i. [Cf. {Swerve}.]
To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] ``To swarf for very
hunger.'' --Sir W. Scott.

\Swarf\, n. [Cf. {Swerve}.]
The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
[Prov. Eng.]