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Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

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..

Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

Command :: Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

Arrasways :: Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form..

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..

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards..

Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.

Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

Arraswise :: Arraswise (adv.) Alt. of Arrasway.

Swayful :: Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse..

Pedantocracy :: Pedantocracy (n.) The sway of pedants.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

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..

Potentate :: Potentate (a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch..

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..

Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..

Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..

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