Swarf Definition

swôrf
noun
The fine bits and shavings that accumulate in the grinding or cutting of metal.
Webster's New World

The grit worn away by use of a grindstone or whetstone, being particles of the material being cut and of the cutting stone itself.

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verb

(Scotland) To grow languid; to faint.

Wiktionary

Origin of Swarf

  • 1565, from Middle English *swerf, from Old English geswearf, gesweorf; akin to Old English sweorfan (modern English swerve), from Proto-Germanic.

    From Wiktionary

  • Of Scandinavian origin Old Norse svarf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Swarf Sentence Examples

  • Try and get a modem motorcycle to perform like that and you would soon have a crankcase full of swarf.

  • A quaint Drummond custom was to leave the headstock oiler nuts without covers - allowing swarf and dirt to drop into the bearings.

  • Using a sharp knife or half round file remove the swarf from inside the ends of the pipes.

  • After cleaning any swarf away, I refitted the elbow, and then fitted the hose fitting with some PTFE tape on the threads.

  • Rotate half a turn, then back out, then rotate again Regularly back the tap out of the hole to clear any swarf.

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Words Starting With

SSWSWA

Words Ending With

FRFARF

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