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Swarf

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

Swarfv. i. [Cf. Swerve.].
     To grow languid; to faint.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]
Swarfn. [Cf. Swerve.].
     The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Swarf, n.
1 fine chips or filings of stone, metal, etc.
2 wax etc. removed in cutting a gramophone record.

Etymology
ON svarf file-dust

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