sord
[ sawrd ]
nounRare.
a flight or flock of mallards.
Origin of sord
1First 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”
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How to use sord in a sentence
I'm gwine to bring yer a yankee sord when we whups em and drives um tuther side o' de Pokomuc river.'
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonHed hand Fosh his sord or whissel or whatever it is that Generals carry nowdays.
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!" | Edward Streeter
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