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ˈsway-backed, a.
[Of Scandinavian origin: cf. obs. Da. sveibaget, also Da. sveirygget, † svegrygget, Sw. dial. svegryggad, in the same sense.]
Of an animal, esp. a horse: Having a downward curvature of the spinal column; strained in the back, as by overwork. Also transf.
1680Lond. Gaz. No. 1561/4 An old White Nag.., sway Back'd. 1876Lanier Poems, Clover 25 Dick..upbraids The sway-back'd roan. 1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abroad I. 257 These rambling, swaybacked tunnels. 1884Bath Chron. 12 June 6/6 In Kent there is a large proportion of sway-backed lambs among the flocks. 1919T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber ix. 101 ‘Does seem a pretty springtime, after all,’ Aunt Tabby ruminated, as she rocked in a swaybacked chair. 1950Audio Engin. Sept. 30/2 If the lows and lower highs are both present to excess, the system is sway-backed. 1965J. A. Michener Source (1966) 730 Shmuel Hacohen, a sway-backed Jew from Russia, sought an opposing judgment. 1976H. MacInnes Agent in Place xviii. 197 It was a steep pull, the stone steps made sway-backed by centuries of..feet. 1977D. Harsent Dreams of Dead 49 On knees and palms, swaybacked like a stricken runner..she begged, ‘Pleasure me, pleasure me.’ |