About The Word Sward
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Sward
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What's The Definition Of Sward?
[n] surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sward: greensward | sod | turf Related Terms | Find terms related to Sward: See Also | divot | ground | land | soil Sward In Webster's Dictionary \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries.
swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r skin, sward
of the earth.]
1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is
filled with the roots of grass; turf.
The sward was trim as any garden lawn. --Tennyson.
{Sward pork}, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]
\Sward\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swarding}.] To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. --Mortimer. |
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