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Webster 1913 Edition
Swad
Swad
,Noun.
[Probably fr. AS.
swe[GREEK]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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swad
SWAD
,Noun.
1.
A short fat person.2.
In New England, a lump, mass or bunch, also, a crowd. [Vulgar.]Definition 2024
swad
swad
English
Alternative forms
Noun
swad (plural swads)
- A bunch, clump, mass
- 1895 — Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter X
- "Ye'd oughta see th' swad a' chil'ren I've got, an' all like that."
- 1895 — Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter X
- (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
- (obsolete) A boor, lout.
- 1591 — The Troublesome Reign of King John, scene 2
- Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad.
- Ben Jonson
- There was one busy fellow was their leader, / A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
- Greene
- Country swains, and silly swads.
- 1591 — The Troublesome Reign of King John, scene 2
- (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
- Blount
- Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell — thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.
- Blount
Synonyms
References
- WordNet 3.0 (2006, Princeton University); “swad” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.