swarth

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He was as swarth and straight and dauntless as Pierre Radisson, with a sinister daring in his eyes that might have put the seal to any act.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

The countenances of these men were swarth and savage-looking, their hair long, straight, and black as the wing of a crow; while both beard and moustache grew wildly over their faces.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

There were groups of children in many parts of the field, and women to look after them, mostly sitting on the fresh swarth, working and gossiping, while the little ones played about.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

What made those holes and rents �70In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as� to balk All hope of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk     Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.

From Browning's Shorter Poems by Baker, Franklin T. (Franklin Thomas)

She is superbly handsome in that rose-colored opera-cloak, and she knows it, and is smiling graciously; but the swarth frown on her husband's face only grows blacker as he looks at her.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes