Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913 Swarth · IPA /swɔː(ɹ)ð/ a. n. n. n. 01 a. Swart; swarthy. 1. Swart; swarthy. 02 n. An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith. 1. An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.[Prov. Eng.] 03 n. Sward; short grass. 1. Sward; short grass. “Grassy swarth, close cropped by nibbling sheep.” — Cowper. 04 n. See Swath. 1. See Swath. See: Swath