Wa"ver (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Wavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre
wavering, restless. See Wave, v. 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, n. [From Wave, or
Waver, v.] A sapling left standing in a
fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.