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 Swart a.
 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.]
 Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] --Milton.