Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The material worn off the surface of a grindstone and that of the articles which are being ground in the manufacture of all kinds of cutlery, especially at Sheffield, England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
swarf .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
swarf (grit worn away by grinding)
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
wheel + swarf
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