Swad

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swad \Swad\, n. [Probably fr. AS. swe?ian to bind.] [Written
     also {swod}.]
     1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.]
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              Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence


              used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. --Blount.
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     2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country
        swains, and silly swads." --Greene.
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              There was one busy fellow was their leader,
              A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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     3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
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     4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a
        seam. --Raymond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swad
       n : a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"