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Used to the way; broken. [R.] A horse that is not well wayed; he starts at every bird that flies out the hedge. Selden.

Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.

Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse. Shak.

Pathless. [R.] "The smooth, unpathwayed plain." Wordsworth.

Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed. [Obs.] Suckling.

Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority. "Swayed the royal mace." Wordsworth.

In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton. The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.

o sway the scepter. As sparkles from the anvil rise, When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed. Spenser.

s, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. Chapman.

Not capable of being swayed. Shak.

To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] "In land not wayed." Wyclif.