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Definition of 'swarf'English
Noun
( -)
the waste chips or shavings from metalworking or a saw cutting wood
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.95:
- Harrogate looked at the ground. A black swarf packed with small parts in a greasy mosaic.
the grit worn away by use of a grindstone or whetstone, being particles of the material being cut and of the cutting stone itself
Usage notes
Infrequently used after the 19th century; primarily in technical settings.
Related terms
* swerve
See also
* grind
* grinder
* grindstone
* grit
* hone
* metalwork
* smith
* whet
* whetstone
Verb
( en-verb)
(Scotland) To grow languid; to faint.
* Sir Walter Scott
- to swarf for very hunger
References
Similar to 'swarf'serif, scarf, serf, scurf, surf, shroff, scruff, sharif, skurf, saraf, shruff
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