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Definition of Swath
1. Noun. The space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
2. Noun. A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing).
Definition of Swath
1. n. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
Definition of Swath
1. Abbreviation. (nautical) Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull, a ship design philosophy for reducing pitching and rolling, and increase stability, in all sea states ¹
2. Noun. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing. ¹
3. Noun. (context: often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swath
1. a row of cut grass or grain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swath
Literary usage of Swath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"'swath, or SWARTH, in Rural Economy, a term denoting a row of grafs or corn, as
laid by the ... SwATH-Raie, a rake about two yards long, with iron teeth, ..."
2. The Women of the South in War Times by Matthew Page Andrews (1920)
"... IN SHERMAN'S swath TO THE SEA utter destitution of the women and children of
Georgia in the wake of Sherman's army is well illustrated by the narrative ..."
3. The Women of the South in War Times by Matthew Page Andrews (1920)
"... IN SHERMAN'S swath TO THE SEA utter destitution of the women and children of
Georgia in the wake of Sherman's army is well illustrated by the narrative ..."
4. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Cra'-dle, vt to rock in a cradle, to cut ami lay in a swath. Cra'-dled,* ».
rocked in a cradle, cut and laid in a swath. Cra'-dling, ppr. rocking in a ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Tithes by John Mirehouse (1822)
"... the first state in which then tithable they become of equal size, so as to be
capable but not in . . , in the cock, of comparison, and not in the swath, ..."
6. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"This reading has no necessary effect on the preceding line; yet, if it had
stood, 'furrow' could have been thought a mistake for swath; but, in the time of ..."
7. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"Out n swath, or a. swell, or a. ' I'm down on that like a thousand of brick."
Dreadful, very or really; "he's dreadful good." Driving, for following a ..."
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