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swath |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swath \Swath\ (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[eth]u a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf {Swathe}, v. t.] 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as to cut a wide swath. 3. A band or fillet; a swathe. --Shak. {Swath bank}, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: swath n 1: the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine 2: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: {belt}]
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