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sord

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/sɔːd/
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/sɔːd/ · /sɔɹd/

Definition of sord

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete, rare)A flock of mallards.
    “"Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."”
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noun

  1. (obsolete, rare)A flock of mallards.
    “"Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."”
  2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of sward.
    “This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]”
    “grassy Sord”

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Etymology

From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.

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