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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Swad | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Swad \Swad\, n. [Probably fr. AS. swe[?]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.] [bd]Country swains, and silly swads.[b8] --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) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. --Raymond. | |
