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Swarf - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun swarf

is the waste chips or shavings from metalworking or a saw cutting wood.

As a verb swarf

is to grow languid; to faint.

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

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.