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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sward \Sward\, verb (used with an object) & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swarding}.] To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. --Mortimer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sward \Sward\, noun [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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sward
noun: surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots [syn: {turf}, {sod}, {greensward}]
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