2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.

Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall.

Dryden.

Tot"ter*er (?), n. One who totters.

Tot"ter*ing*ly, adv. In a tottering manner.

Tot"ter*y (?), a. Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall;

unsteady; shaking. Johnson.

Tot"tle (tt"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Tottling.] [See Toddle, Totter.] To walk in a wavering, unsteady

manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.]

Tot"tlish (-tlsh), a. Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall;

unsteady. [Colloq. U. S.]

Tot"ty (?), a. [OE. toti. Cf. Totter.] Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.

or Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Scott.

For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must.

Spenser.

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