2. A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

L'Estrange.

Stum"bler (?), n. One who stumbles.

Stum"bling-block` (?), n. Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.

We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and

unto the Greeks foolishness.

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