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loitering |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loitered}; p. pr & vb n. {Loitering}.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.] 1. To be slow in moving to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Sir John, you loiter here too long. --Shak. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. --Rogers. 2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
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