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swad

English

Alternative forms

  • swod

Etymology

Related to swaddle?

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sw?d/
  • Rhymes: -?d

Noun

swad (plural swads)

  1. A bunch, clump, mass
  2. (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
  3. (obsolete) A boor, lout.
    • 1591, unknown author, The Troublesome Reign of King John, scene 2
      Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad.
    • 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub
      There was one busy fellow was their leader, / A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
    • 1588, Robert Greene, Perimedes
      Country swains, and silly swads.
  4. (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
  5. (Britain, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
    • 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia
      Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell — thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.

References

Synonyms

  • (bunch, clump): bunch, clump, mass

References

  • WordNet 3.0 (2006, Princeton University); “swad” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

  • AWDS, AWDs, DAWs, Daws, WASD, daws, wads

Middle English

Noun

swad

  1. Alternative form of swathe (swath)

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swai

English

Etymology

Vietnamese [Term?]?

Noun

swai (plural swai)

  1. A species of shark catfish, taxonomic name Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

Synonyms

  • iridescent shark
  • tra

Anagrams

  • Iswa, WAIS, WIAs, WISA, WSIA, wais

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