Associations to the word «Swarf»

Wiktionary

SWARF, noun. The waste chips or shavings from metalworking or a saw cutting wood
SWARF, noun. The grit worn away by use of a grindstone or whetstone, being particles of the material being cut and of the cutting stone itself
SWARF, verb. (Scotland) To grow languid; to faint.

Wise words

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Joseph Conrad