About The Word Swad
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Swad
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What's The Definition Of Swad?
[n] (informal) a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Swad: Related Terms | Find terms related to Swad: See Also | bunch | clump | cluster | clustering Swad In Webster's Dictionary \Swad\, n. [Probably fr. AS. swe?ian to bind.] [Written
also {swod}.]
1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.]
Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence
used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. --Blount.
2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``Country
swains, and silly swads.'' --Greene.
There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt,
squat swad, but lower than yourself. --B. Jonson.
3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a
seam. --Raymond.
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