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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
swad
n : (informal) a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"
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