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Sward
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.