Sward (?), n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svorr 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.]
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Sward, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]
To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
Mortimer.
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