swad
(noun) a bunch; “a thick swad of plants”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (bunch, clump): bunch, clump, mass
• AWDS, AWDs, DAWs, Daws, WASD, daws, wads
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
