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(B) Unsteady, shaky, wobbly, swinging to and fro, rocking, not firm; to be unsteady, etc. (see wáding, bayúd).

An arch, curve; to curve, arch, bend. (see balitók).

Shadoof, shaduf, picotah, counterpoised sweep, a long beam swinging up and down on an axle used to draw water from a cistern or well. At one end of the beam the tímbà (pail or bucket for drawing water) is attached and at the other end the pamató (counterpoise, counterbalance). The pin or axle on which the beam turns is called the paláy. Ang bawód nagasákà-panáug. The shadoof is moving up and down.

Unstable, unsteady, not firm, shaky. This term seems to be very seldom used and, if used, is mostly employed in the form "índì mabayúd". Iníng baláy, halígi, etc. índì mabayúd. This house, post, etc. cannot be shaken, is not shaky, i.e. is firm, strong. (see bawód, wáding).

To be shaky or wobbly, swing to and fro, walk with a halt, to limp; to persuade, dissuade, induce, convince, gain over to one's point of view. Indì gid mawáding si Fuláno. N.N. cannot be persuaded (convinced, turned from his purpose by argument or entreaty, or the like), (see dîmawáding, paniwáding, bawód, bayúd, daúg, dalá, daládála, wánding).