staggers

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STAGGERS, noun plural 1. A disease of horses and cattle, attended with reeling or giddiness; also, a disease of sheep, which inclines them to turn about suddenly. 2. Madness; wild irregular conduct. [Not in use.]
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