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n. Fine metallic filings or shavings removed by a cutting tool.

n. the waste chips or shavings from metalworking or a saw cutting wood

n. the grit worn away by use of a grindstone or whetstone, being particles of the material being cut and of the cutting stone itself

verb-intransitive. To grow languid; to faint.

n. The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

To faint; swoon.

n. Stupor; a fainting-fit; a swoon.

n. The grit mixed with particles of iron or steel worn away in grinding cutlery wet.

"But other waste streams pose bigger challenges, like this stuff called swarf (ph)."

metalwork    grind    hone    grinder    grit    smith    whet    grindstone    whetstone   

swerve   

faint