SWARDED

Etymology

Adjective

swarded (not comparable)

Covered with sward.

Anagrams

• Edwards, wadders

Source: Wiktionary


Sward"ed, a.

Definition: Covered with sward. Mrs. Browning.

SWARD

Sward, n. Etym: [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svör 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, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]

Definition: To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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