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Fal"ter (?), v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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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.
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With faltering speech and visage incomposed. Milton.
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2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. “He found his legs falter.” Wiseman.
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3. To hesitate in purpose or action.
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Ere her native king
Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. Shak.
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4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
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Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. I. Taylor.
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Fal"ter, v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
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And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron.
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Mde me most happy, faltering “I am thine.” Tennyson.
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Fal"ter (?), n. [See Falter, v. i.] Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
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The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. Lowell.
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