To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
To interpose a demurrer.
To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.
To hesitate in purpose or action.
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
To cleanse or sift, as barley.
To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
To stumble.
To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
An unsteadiness.