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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.]