What does "swad" mean?

Swad: 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.

Additional senses

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

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