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  1. 1. n. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A clown; a country bumpkin. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Source: opted
  5. 5. 1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.] Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. Blount. 2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country swains, and silly swads." Greene. There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. B. Jonson. 3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.] 4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond. Source: webster
  6. 6. A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond. Source: adambom

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