That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That
staggers thus my person. --Shak.
2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make
less steady or confident; to shock.
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find
himself much stagered. --Howell.
Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as
not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger
credibility. --Burke.
3. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median
line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets
of a boiler seam.
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
--Dryden.
2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
``The enemy staggers.'' --Addison.
3. To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less
confident or determined; to hesitate.
He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God
through unbelief. --Rom. iv. 20.
2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended
by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic
staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] --Shak.
{Stomach staggers} (Far.), distention of the stomach with
food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in
death.