v. Sc. and north. Also stoter, stotre, stutter. [f. STOT v. + -ER1. Cf. STOITER, STUTTER, TOTTER vbs.] intr. To stumble, stagger.
1781. J. Hutton, Tour to Caves (ed. 2), Gloss. 97. Stoter, or stotre, to stumble. Ibid. (1785), Bran New Wark, I. 365. She stottered, she fell.
1893. Stevenson, Catriona, xi. I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet.
