Definition of sway

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Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swa.

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Empire :: Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Rocking :: Rocking (a.) Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking..
Command :: Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge..
Top-block :: 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..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Swaying :: Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Swa.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..
Lord :: Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
Lurch :: 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..
Swaying :: Swayful (a.) Able to sway.
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Rock :: 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..
Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current..
Influence :: Influence (v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce..
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