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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.]
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Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence
used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. --Blount.
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2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country
swains, and silly swads." --Greene.
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There was one busy fellow was their leader,
A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. --B.
Jonson.
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3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
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4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a
seam. --Raymond.
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