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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sward

/swôrd/ · IPA /swɔɹd/
01 n. Skin; covering.
  1. 1.
    Skin; covering.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  2. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Sward pork — bacon in large fitches.
02 v. t. & i. To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding
  1. 1.
    To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.