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sway

[swā]
(naval architecture)
Lateral movement of the center of gravity of a ship.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

sway

In thatched roof construction, one of the small willow or hazelwood rods laid at right angles to the thatching to hold it down.
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Slowly she was gaining her way to the greater heights where safety lay, when, after a particularly daring leap, the swaying branch she grasped bent low beneath her weight, nor whipped upward again as it should have done.
The captor could not fight to advantage upon the swaying bough, burdened as he was by a squirming, struggling captive, so he dropped quickly to the ground beneath.
The fact is that insensibly, the absolute strangeness of everything, the sickly jarring and swaying of the machine, above all, the feeling of prolonged falling, had absolutely upset my nerve.
Before him he saw the straight lines of the shafts which constantly deceived him into thinking they were on a well-travelled road, and the horse's swaying crupper with his knotted tail blown to one side, and farther ahead the high shaft-bow and the swaying head and neck of the horse with its waving mane.
According to Taipei 101, the sphere can offset the swaying of Taiwan's tallest tower from wind gusts and earthquakes by up to 40 percent.
Arbby Domingo, who was on the 38th floor of his condominium, took a video of the swaying building.
Montes is said to have other options to consider but is swaying towards a move to Villa.
HIS long black coat I can see it now Streaming behind him Swaying And Falling in neat folds at the back It smelt of fresh air Of long walks unending Sending me even weaker than then Is it madness to be attracted again Is it madness to feel romantic again And yet still stay away?
Selden would climb up the new pole and perform his usual swaying acrobatics.
The enhanced controls significantly reduce the swaying of cranes--caused by high throughput speeds.
The enhanced controls significantly reduce the swaying of cranes--caused by high throughput speeds--decreasing idle time and increasing throughput.
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