swayed, ppl. a.
(sweɪd)
[pa. pple. of sway v.]
† 1. Of a horse: Having a depression in the spinal column, caused by strain. Also back-swayed, sway-backed. Obs.
In Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 56 swayed is a conjecture of Hanmer's for the reading Waid of the folios and quarto.
| 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 134 b, Which will make him draw his legges after him, and goe as if he were swaide in the chine. 1600 Surflet Country Farm i. xxviii. 189 For a horse swaide in the backe,..apply vnto the reines of his backe an emplaster. 1685 Lond. Gaz. No. 2089/4 A Great Spread black Cart-Gelding,..having a rowling gate, formerly Sway'd in the back. a 1722 Lisle Husb. (1757) 225 A strait flat back, or a little swayed. 1852 Burn Naval & Milit. Dict. (1863), Back swayed, élancé, efflanqué. |
2. gen. Bent.
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. xv. (Roxb.) 25/2 An old Leger booke, with turned vp leaues and a swayed or bent back. |