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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. And here he faltered forth his last farewell. --Byron. Mde me most happy, faltering ``I am thine.'' --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Falter \Fal"ter\, n. [See {Falter}, v. i.] Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as a slight falter in her voice. The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. --Lowell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Falter \Fal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faltered}; p. pr & vb n. {Faltering}.] [OE. falteren, faltren prob. from fault. See {Fault}, v. & n.] 1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as his tongue falters. With faltering speech and visage incomposed. --Milton. 2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. ``He found his legs falter.'' --Wiseman. 3. To hesitate in purpose or action Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak. 4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: falter n : the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: {hesitation}, {waver}, {faltering}] v 1: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: {waver}] 2: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: {waver}] 3: walk unsteadily [syn: {stumble}, {bumble}] 4: speak haltingly [syn: {stutter}, {stammer}]
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