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.
