swarth

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of sward.

   “Last year's scythes flung down, and left in the half-cut swarths.”

   “Grassy swarth, close cropped by nibbling sheep.”

2. An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.

adj

1. (archaic)swarthy

   “[…] What made those holes and rents In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to baulk All hope of greenness? […]”

   “a swarth complexion”