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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swid•den (swid′n),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturea plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation.
- Old Norse svithna to be singed, derivative of svītha to singe (compare dialect, dialectal swithe, Middle English swithen)
- special use of dialect, dialectal (north, northern England) swidden area of moor from which vegetation has been burned off, noun, nominal use of swidden, swithen to singe 1951
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