staggering

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STAGGERING, participle present tense Causing to reel, to waver or to doubt. STAGGERING, noun 1. The act of reeling. 2. The cause of staggering
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign