swardy, a.
(ˈswɔːdɪ)
[f. sward n. + -y.]
Covered with sward, swarded, turfy.
| 1639 T. de Grey Compl. Horsem. 244 Soft moyst swardy ground. 1733 Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. xx. 292 Must we have Recourse to the Spade for breaking up our rich, strong, swerdy Land? 1857 G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. (1900) 448 Her swardy, heathery, broom-birch-and-gorse-fringed banks. 1899 J. Mactaggart Mackinnon & Bards i. vi. 7 Late primroses and bright bluebells Bloom'd by them in the swardy dells. |