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- Sway - v. i. - To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
- Sway - v. i. - To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
- Sway - v. i. - To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
- Sway - v. i. - To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
- Sway - v. i. - To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- Sway - v. i. - To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
- Sway - v. i. - To have weight or influence.
- Sway - v. i. - To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- Sway - n. - The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Sway - n. - Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
- Sway - n. - Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Sway - n. - Rule; dominion; control.
- Sway - n. - A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- Sway-backed - a. - Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals.
- Sway-bracing - n. - The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying.
- Swayed - imp. & p. p. - of Sway
- Swayed - a. - Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse.
- Swayful - a. - Able to sway.
- Swaying - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Sway
- Swaying - n. - An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
- Sway - v. i. - To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
- Rock - v. t. - To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
- Oversway - v. t. - To bear sway over.
- Ruler - n. - One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
- Lurch - v. i. - To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
- Sway - n. - Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
- Sway - v. i. - To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
- Pedantocracy - n. - The sway of pedants.
- Autocrat - a. - One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
- Swing - v. i. - To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
- Upsway - v. t. - To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club.
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