Swathe (sw), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed (swd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swathing.] [OE. swathen, AS. sweðain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.]
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when
they are first born.
Abp. Abbot.
Swathe, n. A bandage; a band; a swath.
Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.
Addison.
Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand.
Young.
The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light
between the far off rows of limes.
G. Eliot.
Swath"er (?), n. [See Swath, n.] (Agric.) A device attached to a mowing
machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the
swath.
Swat"te (?), obs. imp. of Sweat. Chaucer.
Sway (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swaying.]
[OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing; cf. D. zwaaijen to wield,
swing. See Swing, and cf. Swag, v. i.] 1. To move or wield with the
hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
As sparkles from the anvil rise, When heavy hammers on the wedge
are swayed.
Spenser.
2. To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by
moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
Shak.
She could not sway her house.
Shak.
This was the race To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
Dryden.
3. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward;
to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment
swayed by passion.
As bowls run true by being made On purpose false, and to be swayed.
Hudibras.
Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more
durable interest.
Tillotson.