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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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