swarf
nounEtymology
From Middle English swarven, swerven (“to go; to deviate, turn aside; to stagger, be unsteady; to swerve”), from Old English sweorfan (“to wipe; to polish; to rub, scour; to file”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to mop, wipe; to rub off”). The word is cognate to Middle Dutch swerven (“to rove; to stray”) (whence Dutch zwerven (“to roam”)), Low German swarven (“to rove; to stray; to riot”), Old Norse svarfa (“to sweep; to be agitated, upset”), Norwegian svarva (“to agitate”), sverva (“to whirl”). See swerve.
- derived from *swerbaną✻
- inherited from *swarbą✻
- derived from svarf
- inherited from ġeswearf
- inherited from *swarf✻
Definitions
The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw…
The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
- Filings of iron, called Swarf, the barrel — — 0 [shillings] 2 [pence]
- As sandpaper is pushed across wood, the abrasive grains dig into the surface and cut out minute shavings, which are called swarf in industry jargon.
A particular waste chip or shaving.
- These swarfs, especially if they are of the tin bronze type, can usually be re-melted, after passing over a magnetic separator, by adding a small percentage to each charge of the alloy issued to the foundry for melting.
- Harrogate looked at the ground. A black swarf packed with small parts in a greasy mosaic.
- When the uncut swarf thickness increases beyond the minimum swarf thickness, the elastic deformation phenomena decrease significantly and the entire depth of cut is removed as a swarf as shown in Fig. 9.9c.
To grind down.
- A machine for swarfing the joining edges of parts or sub-assemblies having compound angle surfaces is announced by the Rockford Machine Tool Co., Rockford, 111.
- Hydraulic mill is used for swarfing the joining edges of parts or sub-assemblies with compound surfaces.
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To grow languid
To grow languid; to faint.
A faint or swoon.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at swarf. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at swarf. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at swarf
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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