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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sward \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sward \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sward
n : surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass
roots [syn: {turf}, {sod}, {greensward}]
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