Tot″ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tottered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tottering.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.Tilt to incline, Toddle, Tottle, Totty.] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. “As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.” Ps. lxii. 3.
2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.