Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flock of mallards.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete variant of sort.
  • noun An obsolete or dialectal variant of sward.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare See sward.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun rare A flock of mallards
  • noun Obsolete form of sward.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English sorde, from sorden, to rise up in flight, from Old French sordre, from Latin surgere, to rise; see surge.]

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  • "...a group of mallard ducks on the ground is call a “sord�?, but when in flight, it is called a “flock�? (as are all ducks in flight)."

    - Ducks Unlimited Canada FAQ

    May 10, 2007