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Webster 1913 Edition
Stammering
Stam′mer-ing
,Adj.
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
– Stam′mer-ing-ly
, adv.
Stam′mer-ing
,Noun.
(Physiol.)
A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stammering
STAMMERING
,ppr.
1.
Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words; stuttering.2.
a. Apt to stammer.STAMMERING
,Noun.