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Webster 1913 Edition
Sward
Sward
,Noun.
[AS.
sweard
skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge
, D. zwoord
, G. schwarte
, Icel. svör[GREEK]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.]
Sward
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Swarded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swarding
.] To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
Mortimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sward
SWARD
, n.1.
The skin of bacon. [Local.]2.
The grassy surface of land; turf; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, forming a kind of mat. When covered with green grass, it is called green sward.SWARD
,Verb.
T.