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单词 swaff
释义 I. swaff1 Obs.
Variant of swath1.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 72/2 A Swaffe, or Sithe Swaffe, as much as the Sithe cuts at one stroak of the Mower. [Also] the Sithe stroaks or marks, which are left in the Grass that the Sithe leaves growing.
II. swaff2
Local variant of swarf n.2; cf. soife.
1846Greener Sci. Gunnery 141 ‘Swaff iron forging’ is a profitable branch of forging carried on in Birmingham... It is a metal which is composed of iron and steel filings,..and all other small scraps found in gun-makers' and other work-shops. These are..sold to the ‘swaff-forger’.
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