Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Having a dark or sunburned complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. 2. (v. t.) To make swarthy.

Multi-Version Concordance Swarthy (1 Occurrence) Song of Songs 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. (See JPS ASV NAS RSV)