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Sward pork

Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r 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.]