† swaffn.1
Obsolete.
= swath n.1 2a.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > cutting with scythe or sickle > stroke of scythe
swatha1643
swaff1688
mow1825
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 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.
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swaffn.2
regional.
= swarf n.2 a. Cf. soife n.
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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
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 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’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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