Falter

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Falter [1]

(1): ( v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

(2): ( v. t.) To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.

(3): ( v. i.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

(4): ( v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.

(5): ( v. & n.) To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.

(6): ( v. & n.) To hesitate in purpose or action.

(7): ( v. & n.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; - said of the mind or of thought.

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