Obs. or dial. [Anglicizing of L. sordēs SORDES.] Dirt, filth; filthiness.
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.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, 316. Sords, filth; washings; off-scourings.