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Totter, Tolter, v. [ME and e.m.E. toter (c1200), totter (1522), tolter (1529), tottre (1552). Cf. Norw. dial. tutra, totra and MDu. touteren.] a. intr. To waver, oscillate. b. tr. To cause to shake to and fro, to rock. —a. c1460 Thewis Wysmen 426.
Thai can nocht wone quhen thai ar veill, Bot tolterand [EETS tolter and], turnand as a quheill —b. 1635 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. 3 Ser. XXI 122.
Nicolas … perceaved her tottering the cop in her hand as if she had the perrillis Urquhart Rabelais iii Prol. 7.
He … totter'd it, lifted it, … transpos'd it, transplaced it