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swad


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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