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Pronunciation : Sward
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv?r skin, sward of the earth.]
Definition : 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sward
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.

t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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