FAL'TERING, participle present tense Hesitating; speaking with a feeble, broken, trembling utterance; failing. FAL'TERING, noun Feebleness; deficiency.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
faltering
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign