Totter \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)