swad

noun5

1. •
   A bunch, clump, mass

   • "[…]Ye'd oughta see th' swad a' chil'ren I've got, an' all like that." — 1895
2. •
   A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
3. •
   (slang, no longer used) A crowd; a group of people.
4. •
   (no longer used) A boor, lout.

   • Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad. — 1591
5. •
   (dialect, no longer used) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.

   • They must bee gathered in the decrease of the moone, presently vpon their being ripe, for else they drie vp and fall out of their swads: — 1600