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swarding, vbl. n.|ˈswɔːdɪŋ|
Also 6 swayrdynge, 7 swoording, soarding, 8 swerding, swording.
[f. sward n. or v. + -ing1.]
†1. ? The squaring of timber preparatory to sawing. Obs.
Cf. LG. swaarde, the first and last piece of a tree trunk sawn lengthwise (Brem. Wbch.).
c1480Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 157 Carpentariis operantibus per iiij dies in lez Swardyng meremii apud Shynkley bankez. 1532–3Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees) 231 For fellyng of 19 treys, 6s. 4d. For toppynge and swayrdynge off te sayme, 19s.
2. The action of forming a sward; the process of covering, or becoming covered, with grassy turf.
1610W. Folkingham Feudigr. ii. i. 48 The soile is so apte to fast-matting and swoording. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. vi. 35 The thinner is thy Corne,..the more Grasse will grow among, which will help thee more in the Soarding of it. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 33 The Clays that are long in swerding. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 247 The broad⁓clover would, when it decayed, prevent the ground from swording to natural grass. |