\Swad\, n. [Probably fr. AS. swe?ian 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. --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.