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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAMMERING

ppr. 1. Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words; stuttering.
2. a. Apt to stammer.

STAMMERING

n.The act of stopping or hesitating in speaking; impediment in speech.

STAMMERINGLY

adv. With stops or hesitation in speaking.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAMMERING

STAMMERING Stam "mer *ing, a.

Defn: Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam "mer *ing *ly, adv.

STAMMERING

STAMMERING Stam "mer *ing, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.