\Swart\, n.
Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed.

\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.

\Swart\, v. t.
To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. --Sir T.
Browne.