Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swart \Swart\, n.
   Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed.

Swart \Swart\, a. [OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries,
   OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel.
   svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes
   dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. {Sordid}, {Surd}.]
   1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. ``Swart
      attendants.'' --Trench. ``Swart savage maids.''
      --Hawthorne.

            A nation strange, with visage swart.  --Spenser.

   2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] --Milton.

   {Swart star}, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing
      during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the
      countenance. [R.] --Milton.

Swart \Swart\, v. t.
   To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. --Sir T.
   Browne.

Source : WordNet®

swart
     adj : naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
           beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky
           cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is
           archaic" [syn: {dark-skinned}, {dusky}, {swarthy}]