Swad /(?)/
Swad
n.
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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.
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A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
- A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
- A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. (Coal Mining)