Swad

Origin

Related to swaddle?

Alternative forms

• swod

Full definition of swad

Noun

1. A bunch, clump, mass
• 1895 — Stephen Crane, , chapter X"Ye'd oughta see th' swad a' chil'ren I've got, an' all like that."
2. (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
3. (obsolete) A boor, lout.
• 1591 — , scene 2Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad.
• Ben JonsonThere was one busy fellow was their leader,
  A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
• GreeneCountry swains, and silly swads.
4. (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
5. (UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
• BlountSwad, in the north, is a peascod shell — thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.

Synonyms

• (bunch, clump) bunch, clump, mass

Anagrams

• AWDs
• daws
• wads
• WASD