Valuable goods.

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness^†; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion etc. 243; bend etc. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.    acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.].    ... show more

Goods or money obtained illegally.

synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize.

Roget 793: booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang], pickings; spolia opima [Lat.], prey; blackmail; stolen goods.   

Dutch: buit, plunderen, plundering
Polish: szaber

A bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.

synonyms: droop, flag, sag.

Roget 214: be pendent etc. adj.; hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag; daggle^†, flap, trail, flow; beetle.    suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.    ... show more

Roget 306: descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump.    dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop etc. 308; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall etc. 308.    tumble, trip, stumble, titubate^†, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.    ... show more

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy^†; attemper^†, contemper^†; mollify, lenify^†, dulcify^†, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund^†, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken etc. 160; lessen etc. (decrease) 36; check palliate.    tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb etc. (restrain) 751; tame etc. (subjugate) 749; smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].    go out like a lamb, roar you as gently as any sucking dove" [Midsummer-Night's Dream]. ... show more

Roget 245: be curved, etc. adj.; curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag; deviate etc. 279; curl, turn; reenter.    render curved etc. adj.; flex, bend, curve, incurvate^†; inflect; deflect, scatter [Phys.]; refract (light) 420; crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate^†; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle.    rotundity etc. 249; convexity etc. 250.    ... show more

Dutch: verslappen, nalaten, doorhangen, slenteren, doorzakken

Walk as if unable to control one's movements.

synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger.

Roget 314: oscillate; vibrate, librate^†; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play; wamble^†, wabble^†; dangle, swag.    fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down etc. adv.; pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate etc. 605; teeter [U.S.].    brandish, shake, flourish.    ... show more

Sway heavily or unsteadily.