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soife [Local var. of swarf n.] (See quots.)1866 J. Chamberlain in Birmingham & Midl. Hardware Distr. 608 The ‘soife’, or iron cuttings from the nicks and threads of the screws, average about four tons per day. Ibid., This ‘soife’ is bought up and melted down with other iron.
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swaff
▪ 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 Gree...
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swarf
▪ I. swarf, n.1 Sc. (swarf) Forms: 5, 8 swarff, 6 swerfe, suerf, 6–9 swerf, 7 swarfe, 7– swarf. [Related to swarf v.] A swoon, a fainting-fit; a state of faintness or insensibility.c 1470 Henry Wallace vii. 349 The Sotheron..Throuch full gluttre in swarff swappyt lik swyn. 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wem...
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