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Swaying :: Swayful (a.) Able to sway.

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

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

Oscillaria :: 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..

Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..

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..

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..

Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

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

Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.

Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..

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..

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

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..

Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..

Swag :: Swag (n.) A swaying, irregular motion..

Unswayable :: Unswayable (a.) Not capable of being swayed.

Sway-bracing :: 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..

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..

Waddle :: 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..

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