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Definition of Swarty
1. a. Swarthy; tawny.
Definition of Swarty
1. Adjective. (obsolete) swarthy; tawny ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swarty
1. swarthy [adj] - See also: swarthy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swarty
Literary usage of Swarty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock by William Browne, Gordon Goodwin, Arthur Henry Bullen (1894)
"The swarty smith spits in his buckhorn fist, And bids his man bring out the five-fold
... The port to pains, and to eternal mourning; 507.—swarty, grimy. ..."
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (2001)
"... apothecary; autority, authority; fone, the one; father, the other; swarty,
swarthy; fift, fifth ; sixt, sixth; Sathan, Satan; Antony, Anthony; wit, ..."
3. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1847)
"... her sweet breath o're his swarty face: Her snowy armes so well she did display,
That Vulcan thought they melted as they lay. ..."
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