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Webster 1913 Edition

Waver

Wa′ver

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wavered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wavering
.]
[OE.
waveren
, from AS.
wæfre
wavering, restless. See
Wave
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
With banners and pennons
wavering
with the wind.
Ld. Berners.
Thou wouldst
waver
on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate;
as, to
water
in judgment
.
Let us hold fast . . . without
wavering
.
Heb. x. 23.
In feeble hearts, propense enough before
To
waver
, or fall
off and join with idols
.
Milton.
Syn. – To reel; totter; vacillate. See
Fluctuate
.

Wa′ver

,
Noun.
[From
Wave
, or
Waver
,
Verb.
]
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Waver

WAVER

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other.
2.
To fluctuate; to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; as, to waver in opinion; to waver in faith.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. Hebrews 10.
3.
To totter; to reel; to be in danger of falling.

WAVER

,
Noun.
A name given to a sapling or young timber tree in England.

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