English-Thai Dictionary

sward

N สนามหญ้า  turf sod lawn sa-nam-ya

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWARD

n. 1. The skin of bacon. [Local. ]
2. The grassy surface of land; turf; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, forming a kind of mat. When covered with green grass, it is called green sward.

 

SWARD

v.t.To produce sward; to cover with sward.

 

SWARD-CUTTER

n.An instrument for cutting sward across the ridges.

 

SWARDY

a.Covered with sward or grass; as swardy land.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWARD

Sward, n. Etym: [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge,D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svör skin, sward of the earth. ]

 

1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

SWARD

Sward, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]

 

Defn: To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.

 

SWARD-CUTTER

SWARD-CUTTER Sward "-cut `ter, n.(a ) A plow for turning up grass land. (b ) A lawn mower.

 

SWARDED

SWARDED Sward "ed, a.

 

Defn: Covered with sward. Mrs. Browning.

 

SWARDY

SWARDY Sward "y, a.

 

Defn: Covered with sward or grass.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sward

sward |swôrd swɔrd | ▶noun an expanse of short grass. • Farming the upper layer of soil, esp. when covered with grass. DERIVATIVES sward ed adjective ORIGIN Old English sweard ‘skin. ’ The sense ‘upper layer of soil ’ developed in late Middle English (at first in phrases such as sward of the earth ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

sward

sward |swɔːd | ▶noun 1 literary an expanse of short grass. 2 Farming the upper layer of soil, especially when covered with grass. DERIVATIVES swarded adjective ORIGIN Old English sweard ‘skin ’. The sense ‘upper layer of soil ’ developed in late Middle English (at first in phrases such as sward of the earth ).