SWAD

swad

(noun) a bunch; “a thick swad of plants”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

swad (plural swads)

A bunch, clump, mass

(obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.

(obsolete) A boor, lout.

(mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.

(UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.

Synonyms

• (bunch, clump): bunch, clump, mass

Anagrams

• AWDS, AWDs, DAWs, Daws, WASD, daws, wads

Source: Wiktionary

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Swad, n. Etym: [Probably fr. AS. swe 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 swad, but lower than yourself. B. Jonson.

3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]

4. (Coal Mining)

Definition: A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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