Noun
a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"

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n.
A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.

n.
A clown; a country bumpkin.

n.
A lump of mass; also, a crowd.

n.
A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.

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Swad

Swad , n. [Probably fr. AS. sweian to bind.] [Written also swod.] 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.

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.

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.

A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.