01 n. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
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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.
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A clown; a country bumpkin.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]“There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.” — B. Jonson.
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A lump of mass; also, a crowd.[Low, U.S.]
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A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.(Coal Mining)