Obs. or dial. [Anglicizing of L. sordēs SORDES.] Dirt, filth; filthiness.

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1653.  Gauden, Hierasp., 61. There is nothing more delicate and abhorring all sinful sords, than the Ermine of Christian Religion. Ibid., 219. Their raggs, sords, and beggery, sufficiently confutes their rare skill.

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a. 1825.  Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, 316. Sords, filth; washings; off-scourings.

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