swad Meaning, Definition & Usage

Swad noun

Etymology

Probably fr. AS. sweian to bind.

Definitions

1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. Prov. Eng.

   Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. Blount.

2. A clown; a country bumpkin. Obs. or Prov. Eng. "Country swains, and silly swads." Greene.

   There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. B. Jonson.

3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. Low, U.S.
4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.