n. [ AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svör&unr_;r skin, sward of the earth. ]
The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sward pork,
v. t. & i.
n.
a. Covered with sward. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Covered with sward or grass. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. of Swear. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Cophetua sware a royal oath. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Swerve. ] The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Cf. Swerve. ] To grow languid; to faint. [ Scot. ] “To swarf for very hunger.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To crowd or throng. Fanshawe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Cf. Swerve. ] To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those who could swarm up and seize it. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]