sward : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sward	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sward n surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots Synonym(s): turf, sod, sward, greensward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sward \Sward\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swarding}.] To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv[94]r[?]r 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.]