local variant of SWARTH sb.1 (Cf. SWAD sb.1)
1776. in Trans. Soc. Arts (1784), II. 68. Holes, which will hold water, and quite spoil the Turf or new Swath.
1826. Scott, Woodst., xxxiii. I have made him plough in my furrow, when he thought he was turning up his own swathe.
1873. Swaledale Gloss., Swath, the skin of bacon.
1877. N. W. Linc. Gloss., Swarth, Swath, Sward, Swad, grass-land.
