What is "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.

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.

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

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 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 Patrón chain
• Stephen Swad, a CEO of Rosetta Stone company
• Swimmers With a Disability, a category of swimming sports events