swarf

Fine metallic filings or shavings removed by a cutting tool.

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

To faint; swoon.

Stupor; a fainting-fit; a swoon.

To grow languid; to faint.

The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

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

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