sord

American  

[sawrd] / sɔrd /

noun

Rare.

1. a flight or flock of mallards.

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Etymology

Origin of sord

First recorded in 1425–50; late Middle English sourde; origin uncertain; perhaps from Middle English so(u)rden “to arise, originate, come (from), soar up (of a hawk),” from Old French so(u)rdre, from Latin surgere “to rise, get up”

Example Sentences

I had a sord on; and the next Mornin we had a grate Brekfast.

From The Garies and Their Friends by Webb, Frank J.

But his spelling in both French and English was unusually bad, even in an age of free spelling; he wrote �poles for epaules, "Gems" for "James," "sord" for "sword."

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

All the wurld has herd of the fame of Prins Ricardo, whose name is feerd, and his sord dreded, wherever there are Monsters and Tirants. 

From Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son by Browne, Gordon

Hed hand Fosh his sord or whissel or whatever it is that Generals carry nowdays.

From "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by Breck, G. William

I would like to be someone with a sord and a drum.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 by Various