swayback

swayback
An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.

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  • swayback — I. adjective see swaybacked II. noun see swaybacked …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • swayback — /sway bak /, Vet. Pathol. n. 1. an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, esp. of horses. adj. 2. swaybacked. [1865 70, Amer.; SWAY + BACK1] * * * …   Universalium

  • swayback — sway·back swā .bak, bak n 1) an abnormally hollow condition or sagging of the back found esp. in horses also a back so shaped 2) LORDOSIS 3) a copper deficiency disease of young or newborn lambs that is marked by demyelination of the brain… …   Medical dictionary

  • swayback — Synonyms and related words: bowlegs, camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, crookback, defacement, deformation, deformity, disfigurement, flatfoot, freakishness, harelip, humpback, hunchback, knock knee, kyphosis, lordosis, malconformation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • swayback — n. extreme downward curvature of the back (especially in horses) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • swayback — noun an abnormally hollowed back, especially in a horse. Derivatives sway backed adjective …   English new terms dictionary

  • swayback — noun (countable usually singular) AmE a condition in which your back curves inward too much swear, verb past tense swore, past participle sworn 1 OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE (I) to use offensive language, especially because you are angry: Don t swear in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • swayback — sway•back [[t]ˈsweɪˌbæk[/t]] n. an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, esp. of horses • Etymology: 1865–70, amer. sway′backed , adj …   From formal English to slang

  • swayback — adjective having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) • Syn: ↑dipped, ↑lordotic, ↑swaybacked • Similar to: ↑unfit • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordosis ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • In Harm's Way — Infobox Film name = In Harm s Way caption = film poster by Saul Bass director = Otto Preminger producer = Otto Preminger writer = James Bassett Wendell Mayes starring = John Wayne Kirk Douglas Patricia Neal Tom Tryon Paula Prentiss Brandon De… …   Wikipedia

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