▪ I. † swaff1 Obs.
Variant of swath1.
| 1688 Holme Armoury 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. |
▪ II. swaff2
Local variant of swarf n.2; cf. soife.
| 1846 Greener Sci. Gunnery 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’. |