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单词 swarf
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swarfn.1

Brit. /swɑːf/, U.S. /swɑrf/, Scottish English /swarf/
Forms: Middle English, 1700s swarff, 1500s swerfe, suerf, 1500s–1800s swerf, 1600s swarfe, 1600s– swarf.
Etymology: Related to swarf v.
Scottish.
A swoon, a fainting-fit; a state of faintness or insensibility.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning > a faint or swoon
swimeOE
swooningc1290
swowa1325
swooningc1330
swoon1390
soundc1400
trancec1405
sweamc1415
swoundc1440
sweltingc1460
swarf1488
dwalm?a1513
sounding ecstasy?1565
sounding1580
pasme1591
death1596
lipothymy1603
deliquium1620
delique1645
fainting fit1714
drow1727
faint-fit1795
faint1808
blacking out1930
blackout1934
greyout1942
pass-out1946
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 349 The Sotheron..Throuch full gluttre in swarff swappyt lik swyn.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 With that I seme for to swoune, thought I na swerf tak.
c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 43 The scorching sychs,..Quhilk vith suerfs oursets his hardie hart.
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall ix. sig. C3 As if such superciliosity, could sweeten the bitter swarfes of their sowre death.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ix. 143 Mr. Blair did fall into a fit of fainting or a kind of swarf.
1742 J. Mill Diary (1889) 3 I..fell down suddenly by a swerf or stoppage of blood.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlix. 337 Aw heard that he was feerious far gane in a swarf the tither day.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 208 She wad gang aff again in a swarf.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swarfn.2

Brit. /swɔːf/, /swɑːf/, U.S. /swɔrf/
Forms: Also 1500s swarfe, 1800s swarff; see also swaff n.2, swarth n.3, soife n.
Origin: Either (i) a word inherited from Germanic. Or (ii) a borrowing from early Scandinavian.
Etymology: representing Old English geswearf , gesweorf , geswyrf filings, or < Old Norse svarf file-dust, related to sverfa to file: see swerve n.
a. The wet or greasy grit abraded from a grindstone or axle; the filings or shavings of iron or steel. Hence, any fine waste produced by a machining operation, esp. when in the form of strips or ribbons.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > metal filings
lemelc1386
filing1398
limaturec1400
swarf1566
iron sand1803
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip > filings
filing1398
swarf1566
swarth1596
slip1667
wheel-swarf1831
swaff1846
1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 11. §3 No person..shall die..black, any Cappe wth Barke or Swarfe, but only wth Copperas and Gall or wth Wood [v.r. Woade] and Madder.
1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines D ij Put..halfe so muche of swarfe of the grindstone.
1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 174 Fileings of iron, called swarf.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Axungia The Grease or Swarf in the Axle-tree of a Wheel.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Swarf, iron filings.
1884 H. J. Palmer in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Aug. 666/1 The knife-grinder..is saturated with the wet ‘swarff’ (powdered stone) which dyes him a deep saffron colour from head to toe.
1917 Yorks. Post 3 Jan. 4/6 Rough copper, copper ore, and copper scrap and swarf in the possession of or due under existing contract to a manufacturer.
1953 Times 23 Oct. 5/3 There's swarf—chips of wood, metal, etc.—grinding around in your expensive machinery and shortening its life.
1970 P. Dickinson Seals ii. 41 Down the inside rim of the second key-hole there was..a thin curl of swarf still attached to the main brass.
1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. vi. 142 In more ductile materials chips may remain partially bonded to each other to form continuous severely-work-hardened ribbons sometimes called swarf.
in combination.1909 Spectator 25 Dec. 1094/2 A swarf-stained son of ‘the wheel’.
b. spec. The material cut out of a gramophone record as the groove is made.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > material cut as groove is made
swarf1935
1935 H. C. Bryson Gramophone Rec. x. 275 When metal is recorded upon..it is often necessary to arrange for the removal of the swarf either by blowing..or by means of a small brush.
1947 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 94 iii. 288/2 By using a suction system to remove swarf continuously while recording, these troubles are avoided.
1977 Times 18 Apr. (Gramophone Suppl.) p. iv/7 For a long-playing record, this swarf, a strip narrower than a human hair, might be half a mile long.

Derivatives

swarf v. rare transitive with up, to make dirty with swarf.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with swarf
swarf1914
1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd i. i. 5 Mrs. Holroyd:..Here, take hold, and help me fold it. Blackmore: I shall swarf it up.
swarfed adj. colloquial dirtied with swarf, mucky.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > swarfed
swarfed1914
1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd i. i. 4 A man in blue overalls, swarfed and greased.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

swarfn.3

Forms: Also 1600s swarfe, swarff.
Etymology: Variant of swarth n.1: see th n.1 (6).
Obsolete.
1. = sward n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland
wong971
greenc1225
clowrec1350
bentc1360
swarth?a1400
flaughtc1400
grassa1500
sward?1507
greenswarda1522
sward-earth1541
swarf1599
over-swarth1649
lawn1674
sod1729
swath1776
spine1786
swad1877
turfage1899
padang1909
1599 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 284/1 Lie Elie-law et totum lie swarf ei adjacentem.
1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 524/2 Lie swarff, wrak et wair eisdem adjacentibus.
1664 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 84 The whole field hath a little swarfe with grasse at the top.
2. figurative. Surface.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xli. 408 His joye is light, and proceedes onely from the swarfe of the soule.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

swarfadj.

Etymology: Variant of swarth adj. Compare swarf n.2
Obsolete.
= swarth adj. a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion
swarta1395
black-browed1590
swarfy1602
swarthy1602
swarf1619
swartish1630
swarthish1653
swarfish1671
brunette1724
dusky1827
brunet1840
1619 J. H. House Correct. sig. B2v Because I'me black and swarfe.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 200 A dainty fine shee-slaue, not swarfe and tawney..but faire and well-favour'd.

Derivatives

swarfish adj. Obsolete = swarthish adj. at swarth adj. and n.5 Derivatives.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion
swarta1395
black-browed1590
swarfy1602
swarthy1602
swarf1619
swartish1630
swarthish1653
swarfish1671
brunette1724
dusky1827
brunet1840
1671 J. Blagrave Astrol. Pract. Physick 77 Complexion muddy or swarfish.
swarfy adj. (also swarfie, swarffie, swarvy) Obsolete = swarthy adj.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion
swarta1395
black-browed1590
swarfy1602
swarthy1602
swarf1619
swartish1630
swarthish1653
swarfish1671
brunette1724
dusky1827
brunet1840
1602 Salmasis & Hermaphroditus D 2 b While the black night with her pitchie hand Tooke just possession of the swarfie land.
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 137 His face little and round, his complexion swarfie.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 13/2 Swart, Swarvy or Tawny-moor colour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

swarfv.

Brit. /swɑːf/, U.S. /swɑrf/, Scottish English /swarf/
Forms: Also 1500s swarth, 1600s swerf, 1600s, 1800s swarve, 1800s swerve, swairf, swaif, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse svarfa.
Etymology: ? < Old Norse svarfa to upset (Norwegian svarva to agitate or be agitated, literal and figurative), with specialized development of meaning. See swerve v.
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. intransitive. To faint, swoon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > lose consciousness [verb (intransitive)] > faint or swoon
swotherc1000
swowa1250
swoonc1290
sweltc1330
trance1340
to fall on, in swowa1375
swapc1386
sound1393
dwelea1400
swaya1400
faintc1440
owmawt1440
swalmc1440
sweamc1440
syncopize1490
dwalm?a1513
swarf1513
swound1530
cothe1567
sweb1599
to go away1655
to die away1707
go1768
sink1769
sile1790
to pass out1915
to black out1935
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xv. 116 All paill and bludles swarthis [v.r. swarfis] scho rycht thair.
c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 760 He..stood vnmov'd, whill I for greiff did swarve.
1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 324 No sooner did he heare a ham spoken of but he swarfed.
1660 A. Hay Diary (1901) 234 After sermons my wiffe swerfed in the kirk.
1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 536 Mony a huntit, poor Red-coat For fear amaist did swarf.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xii. 315 He was like a man awa frae himsel..and I thought he wad hae swarv't a' thegither.
a1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 143 The bairnies crowd round him his stories to hear Whill maistly the wee things are swarfin' in fear.
1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 32 Old Magge..drew near And swarf'd outright wi' gladsome fright.
2. transitive. To cause to faint; to stupefy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > deprive of consciousness [verb (transitive)] > cause to faint
swalmc1440
swarf1813
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
awhapec1300
stonyc1330
astony1340
astonec1374
mazec1390
stounda1400
stuna1400
to-stony?a1400
stounc1400
clumsec1440
overmusec1460
stonish1488
strike1533
dazzle1561
stoyne1563
stupefy1577
stupefact1583
obstupefy1611
astound1637
petrify1667
flabbergast1773
stagnatea1798
stama1800
swarf1813
boggle1835
razzle-dazzle1886
to knock sideways1890
stupend1900
gobsmack1987
1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 120 A sight had nearhaun swarf'd the callan.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. at Luscan The scene..swarf'd him so, that he could not utter a word.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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