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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An act denoted by the verb ‘sway’: speeifically, same as swayback.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of sway.
  • noun The motion of something that sways.
  • noun An injury caused to a horse's back by violent strains or overloading.

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