Stam"mer , n. Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
Stam"mer (?), v. t. To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; --
sometimes with out.
Stam"mer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stammering.]
[OE. stameren,
fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G.
stammeln, OHG. stammal&?;n, stamm&?;n, Dan. stamme, Sw.
stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering,
Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G.
stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. Stem to resist, Stumble.] To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in
speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
I would thou
couldst stammer, that
thou mightest pour this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none
at all.
Shak.
Hear it pronounced