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Staggering
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Stagger
n.
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To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
Stagger
n.
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To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
Stagger
n.
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To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
Stagger
v. t.
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To cause to reel or totter.
Stagger
v. t.
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To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
Stagger
v. t.
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To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
Stagger
n.
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An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
Stagger
n.
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A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
Stagger
n.
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Bewilderment; perplexity.
Staggerbush
n.
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An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.
Staggeringly
adv.
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In a staggering manner.
Staggerwort
n.
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A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).
Stag-horn coral
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Alt. of Stag-horn fern
Stag-horn fern
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See under Stag.
Stag-horned
a.
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Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.
Staghound
n.
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A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.
Staging
n.
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A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
Staging
n.
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The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
Stagirite
n.
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A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.
Stagnancy
n.
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State of being stagnant.
Stagnant
a.
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That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.
Stagnant
a.
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Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
Stagnantly
adv.
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In a stagnant manner.
Stagnated
imp. & p. p.
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of Stagnate
Stagnating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Stagnate
Stagnate
v. t.
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To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
Stagnate
v. t.
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To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
Stagnate
a.
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Stagnant.
Stagnation
n.
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The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.