'Swad' definitions:

Definition of 'swad'

noun

A bunch; "a thick swad of plants"

From: GCIDE

Swad \Swad\, n. [Probably fr. AS. swe?ian to bind.] [Written also swod.]
1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. --Blount. [1913 Webster]
2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country swains, and silly swads." --Greene. [1913 Webster]
There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]