swayedadj.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the back > sway-backed
swayed1577
sway-backed1680
swayback1887
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular shape of back
saddle-backed?1577
swayed1577
saddleback1677
sway-backed1680
bream-backed1723
swayback1887
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 134v Which wyll make him drawe his legges after him, & goe as yf he were swayde in the Chyne.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 189 For a horse swaide in the backe,..apply vnto the reines of his backe an emplaster.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2089/4 A Great Spread black Cart-Gelding,..having a rowling gate, formerly Sway'd in the back.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 225 A strait flat back, or a little swayed.
1842 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. 69 Cheval élancé, horse back-swayed.
2. gen. Bent.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]
crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 25/2 An old Leger booke, with turned vp leaues and a swayed or bent back.
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