swad

Noun

(plural swads)

A bunch, clump, mass
Ben Jonson
There was one busy fellow was their leader, / A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
Greene
Country swains, and silly swads.
(mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.

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