Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WA'VER, v.i. [Sax. wafian; Dan. svæver, from væver, to weave, that is to move one way and the other.]

1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other. – Boyle.
2. To fluctuate; to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; as, to waver in opinion; to waver in faith. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. Heb. x.
3. To totter; to reel; to be in danger of falling. – Holyday.