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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1674
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(Sweying,) Swaying, ppl. adj. [ME (once) sweande (14th c.) moving, swaying (1625) controlling, ruling; Swey(e v.] Commanding, controlling, in sense 5 b of Swey(e v. — 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 355.
[He] … reflected uppon the marquess in such an invectiue, virulent, malicious manner, that some of the hearers who were even of the swaying side condemned him 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 396.
All the north of Scotland … submitting … to the present swaying yock wreathed about their necks
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