Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r 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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)