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n. [ AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svör&unr_;r skin, sward of the earth. ] 1. Skin; covering. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Swarded p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding. ] To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) A plow for turning up grass land. (b) A lawn mower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with sward. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]