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Swad

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.]

    Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.
    --Blount.

  2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``Country swains, and silly swads.''
    --Greene.

    There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
    --B. Jonson.

  3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]

  4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
    --Raymond.

Wiktionary
swad

alt. 1 A bunch, clump, mass 2 (context obsolete slang English) A crowd; a group of people. 3 (context obsolete English) A boor, lout. 4 (context mining English) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. 5 (context UK dialect obsolete Northern English) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas. n. 1 A bunch, clump, mass 2 (context obsolete slang English) A crowd; a group of people. 3 (context obsolete English) A boor, lout. 4 (context mining English) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. 5 (context UK dialect obsolete Northern English) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.

WordNet
swad

n. a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"

Wikipedia
SWAD (software)

SWAD (originally stood for "Sistema Web de Apoyo a la Docencia" in Spanish or "Web System for Education Support", currently stands for "Shared Workspace At a Distance") is a web application to manage the courses, students and teachers of one or more educational institutions.

SWAD

Swad or SWAD may refer to:

  • Special Warfare Aviation Detachments
  • Semantic Web Advanced Development, a EU project
  • SWAD (software)
  • Swad, a resident of Swadlincote
  • Antonio Swad, the founder of Pizza PatrĂ³n chain
  • Stephen Swad, a CEO of Rosetta Stone company
  • Swimmers With a Disability, a category of swimming sports events

Usage examples of "swad".

Then the nurses took him and dressed him and swad dled him and brought him back again.

A whole swad of you come up here to the anxious seat and you fall on your faces and embrace Jesus, and cry crocodile tears and beg forgiveness for your sins.