Noah Webster
Waver
WAVER, verb intransitive
1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other.
2. To fluctuate; to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; as, to waver in opinion; to waver in faith.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. Hebrews 10:23.
3. To totter; to reel; to be in danger of falling.
WAVER, noun A name given to a sapling or young timber tree in England.