swarded

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English

Etymology

sward +‎ -ed

Adjective

swarded (not comparable)

  1. Covered with sward.
    • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      But within this swarded circle, into which the lime-walk brings us —
      Whence the beeches rounded greenly, stand away in reverent fear;
      I will let no music enter, saving what the fountain sings us []

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for swarded”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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