\Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries.
swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r skin, sward
of the earth.]
1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is
   filled with the roots of grass; turf.
         The sward was trim as any garden lawn. --Tennyson.
{Sward pork}, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]

\Sward\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Swarding}.]
To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
--Mortimer.