▸ noun: An unsteadiness. ▸ verb: To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. ▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner. ▸ verb: To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought. ▸ verb: To stumble. ▸ verb: (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause). ▸ verb: To hesitate in purpose or action. ▸ verb: To cleanse or sift, as barley.
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