WAVER

waver. Waver, v.i. to be unsettled, float, move loosely

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Wa″ver (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] [[OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.]] 1. 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. Ld. Berners. Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. Sir W. Scott. 2. 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. Heb. x. 23. In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton. Syn. — To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.