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Definition swarf

Etymology 1

From Middle English *swarf, *swerf, from Old English ?eswearf, ?esweorf (“iron filings; rust”) and/or Old Norse svarf (“metallic dust”), both from Proto-Germanic *swarb? (“that which is rubbed off; shavings”), from Proto-Germanic *swerban? (“to mop, wipe; to rub off”); see further at swerve. The word is cognate to Old English sweorfan (“to rub, scour; to file”).

Noun

swarf (countable and uncountable, plural swarfs)

1. (uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]
2. (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.

Verb

swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)

1. (transitive) To grind down.

Etymology 2

From Middle English swarven, swerven (“to go; to deviate, turn aside; to stagger, be unsteady; to swerve”), from Old English sweorfan (“to wipe; to polish; to rub, scour; to file”), from Proto-Germanic *swerban? (“to mop, wipe; to rub off”). The word is cognate to Middle Dutch swerven (“to rove; to stray”) (whence Dutch zwerven (“to roam”)), Low German swarven (“to rove; to stray; to riot”), Old Norse svarfa (“to sweep; to be agitated, upset”), Norwegian svarva (“to agitate”), sverva (“to whirl”). See swerve.

Verb

swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)

1. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.

Noun

swarf (plural swarfs)

1. (obsolete) A faint or swoon.

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