Tottered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Totter \Tot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS.
     tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline,
     {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.]
     1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be
        unsteady; to stagger; as, an old man totters with age. "As


        a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence."
        --Ps. lxii. 3.
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     2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
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              Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall.
                                                    --Dryden.
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