Category:Sward

Sward, n. Etym: [as. sweard skin, covering; akin to ofries. swarge, D. zwoord, g. schwarte, icel. svör 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.]

Sward Sward, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]

Defn: to produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.