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- Swaying - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Sway
- Swaying - n. - An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
- Oscillaria - n. - A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.
- Rack - v. - To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse.
- Sway - n. - The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Swagger - v. i. - To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
- Top-block - n. - A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.
- Swing - n. - Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
- Lurch - n. - A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
- Affection - n. - Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
- Waddle - v. i. - To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles.
- Streel - v. i. - To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
- Countersway - n. - A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.