swarth
Example Sentences
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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 Thomas Hughes
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 F.A. Stewart
To any one familiar with the geography of the iron city of Cambria county this will convey a vivid idea of a swarth averaging one-half mile in width and three miles in length.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker
Why aye!—Let the thick swarth of night cover us!
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
The name of this knight was Sir Nabon, surnamed le Noir; for he was very swarth of hue, and he always wore armor entirely of black.
From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle
