[fr. quag, to quake + swag, to sway]
Obs. rare : the action of shaking to and fro
"Therefore John Calfe, her Cosen gervais once removed with a
log from the woodstack, very seriously advised her not to
put herself into the hazard of quagswagging in the lee, to
be scoured with a buck of linen clothes till first she had
kindled the paper."
- François Rabelais, The Life of Gargantua.. (tr. 1883)
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