sway-backedadj.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Of Scandinavian origin: compare obsolete Danish sveibaget, also Danish sveirygget, †svegrygget, Swedish dialect svegryggad, in the same sense.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsway-backed.

Of an animal, esp. a horse: Having a downward curvature of the spinal column; strained in the back, as by overwork. Also transferred.

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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

1680 London Gaz. No. 1561/4 An old White Nag.., sway Back'd.

1876 S. Lanier Clover in Poems 25 Dick..upbraids The sway-back'd roan.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad I. 257 These rambling, swaybacked tunnels.

1884 Bath Chron. 12 June 6/6 In Kent there is a large proportion of sway-backed lambs among the flocks.

1919 T. 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.

1950 Audio Engin. Sept. 30/2 If the lows and lower highs are both present to excess, the system is sway-backed.

1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 730 Shmuel Hacohen, a sway-backed Jew from Russia, sought an opposing judgment.

1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place xviii. 197 It was a steep pull, the stone steps made sway-backed by centuries of..feet.

1977 D. Harsent Dreams of Dead 49 On knees and palms, swaybacked like a stricken runner..she begged, ‘Pleasure me, pleasure me.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	sway-backed
释义	sway-backedadj. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Of Scandinavian origin: compare obsolete Danish sveibaget, also Danish sveirygget, †svegrygget, Swedish dialect svegryggad, in the same sense.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsway-backed. Of an animal, esp. a horse: Having a downward curvature of the spinal column; strained in the back, as by overwork. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ 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 1680 London Gaz. No. 1561/4 An old White Nag.., sway Back'd. 1876 S. Lanier Clover in Poems 25 Dick..upbraids The sway-back'd roan. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad I. 257 These rambling, swaybacked tunnels. 1884 Bath Chron. 12 June 6/6 In Kent there is a large proportion of sway-backed lambs among the flocks. 1919 T. 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. 1950 Audio Engin. Sept. 30/2 If the lows and lower highs are both present to excess, the system is sway-backed. 1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 730 Shmuel Hacohen, a sway-backed Jew from Russia, sought an opposing judgment. 1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place xviii. 197 It was a steep pull, the stone steps made sway-backed by centuries of..feet. 1977 D. Harsent Dreams of Dead 49 On knees and palms, swaybacked like a stricken runner..she begged, ‘Pleasure me, pleasure me.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1680
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