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swarf

[swawrf]

noun

an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder.

Origin:
1560–70; < Old Norse svarf, akin to sverfa to file, or continuing Old English geswearf, gesweorf

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swarf (swɔːf, swɑːf)

—n
1.	material removed by cutting or grinding tools in the machining of metals, stone, etc
2.	radioactive metal waste from a nuclear power station
3.	small fragments of disintegrating spacecraft, orbiting the earth

[C16: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse svarf metallic dust]

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