swardyadj.
/ˈswɔːdi/ Covered with sward, swarded, turfy.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland
swarded1513
turfy1552
swarth1598
laundy1611
swarthy1613
turfed1628
swardy1639
scurfy1712
herbaged1727
lawny1744
turfen1778
greenswarded1797
open range1905
tall-grass1920
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xi. 244 Soft, moyst-swardy-ground.
1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 118 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.
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