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Swad   Listen
noun
Swad  n.  (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."
2.
A clown; a country bumpkin. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "Country swains, and silly swads." "There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself."
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.





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"Swad" Quotes from Famous Books



... A king? oh, boon for my aspiring mind, A cottage makes a country swad rejoice: And as for death, I like him in his kind But God forbid that he should be my choice! A kingdom or a cottage or a grave,— Nor last, nor next, but first and best I crave; The rest I can, whenas I list, enjoy, Till then salute ...
— Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age • Various


Words linked to "Swad" :   clump, colloquialism, bunch, clustering


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