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Stagger
Stagger Stag"ger, v. t.
1. To cause to reel or totter.
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That
staggers thus my person. --Shak.
2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make
less steady or confident; to shock.
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find
himself much stagered. --Howell.
Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as
not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger
credibility. --Burke.
3. 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.
StaggerStagger Stag"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Staggered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Staggering.] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to
stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. staggeren
to stagger. Cf. Stake, n.]
1. 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.
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
--Dryden.
2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
``The enemy staggers.' --Addison.
3. To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less
confident or determined; to hesitate.
He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God
through unbelief. --Rom. iv. 20. StaggerStagger Stag"ger, n.
1. 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.
2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended
by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic
staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] --Shak.
Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with
food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in
death.
Meaning of Staggers from wikipedia
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Staggers may
refer to:
Staggers (surname) Gr****
staggers, a
metabolic disorder of
cattle and sheep,
caused by
magnesium deficiency Transport tetany in...
- The
Staggers Rail Act of 1980 is a
United States federal law that
deregulated the
American railroad industry to a
significant extent, and it
replaced the...
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Staggers is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Harley Orrin Staggers (1907–1991),
politician from the U.S.
state of West
Virginia and...
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Harley Orrin Staggers Sr. (August 3, 1907 –
August 20, 1991) was an
American politician who
served 16
terms in the
United States House of Representatives...
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Senator Staggers may
refer to:
Harley O.
Staggers Jr. (born 1951), West
Virginia State Senate Kermit Staggers (1947–2019),
South Dakota State Senate This...
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Zamia staggers is a
fatal nervous disease affecting cattle in
areas where they
browse on the
leaves or
fruit of cycads—in particular,
those of the genus...
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Kermit LeMoyne Staggers II (November 2, 1947 –
November 28, 2019) was an
American politician. He
served in the
South Dakota Senate from 1995 to 2002. He...
- Gr****
tetany Other names Hypomagnesemic tetany, gr****
staggers,
winter tetany Cow
grazing on
rapidly grown pasture with
tetany of the neck
suggesting gr****...
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Staggers (born
January 12, 1945) was a
Democratic member of the West
Virginia House of
Delegates and
served as an ****istant
Majority Whip.
Staggers is...
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Jonathan Leroy Staggers, Jr. (born
December 14, 1948) is a
former professional American football wide
receiver in the
National Football League (NFL). He...
