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   sward

   /swôrd/

   noun

   • 1. an expanse of short grass.
   • ▪ the upper layer of soil, especially when covered with grass.

   Word Origin Old Englishsweard ‘skin’. The sense ‘upper layer of soil’ developed in late Middle English (at first in phrases such as sward of the earth).

   Derivatives

   • 1. swarded adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • D

     2

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