waver

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WAVER, verb intransitive 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other. 2. To fluctuate; to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; as, to waver in opinion; to waver in faith. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. Hebrews 10:23. 3. To totter; to reel; to be in danger of falling. WAVER, noun A name given to a sapling or young timber tree in England.
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