Definition for LOIT'ER

LOIT'ER, v.i. [D. leuteren; Russ. leitayu or letayu. Qu. its alliance to late and let.]

To linger; to be slow in moving; to delay; to be dilatory; to spend time idly. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. – Rogers.

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