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.