(informal) a bunch

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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) ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swad \Swad\, n. [Probably fr. AS. swe?ian to bind.] [Written also swod .] 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. A clown; a country bumpkin. ...