waver

To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

Flowers wavered in the breeze.

There was neuer ſuche aſſemble made in Bretayne before⸝ for if the frenchmen were puyſſãt [puissant]⸝ in lyke wiſe ſo were the engliſſhmen⸝ and eche parte thought to fyght⸝ for euery day they ſhewed them ſelfe in the felde⸝ with baners and penons waueryng with the wynde⸝ it was great pleaſure to behold thẽ [them].

To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.

[T]here vvere tvvo Channels, one on the North, another on the South, vvhere through the fiſher-men did vvander and vvauer vp to Norvvitch, and diuers parts of Suffolke and Norfolke, […]

Michael watched him down the corridor, saw him waver into the dusky street.

To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter.

[…] Oza for puttyng his hande to the holy ſhryne⸝ that vvas called Archa federis [the Ark of the Covenant]⸝ whan it was broughte by kyng Dauid frõ [from] the citie of Baba [i.e., Ba'alah or Kiriath-Jearim]⸝ though it were wauerynge and in daunger to fall⸝ yet was he ſtryken of god⸝ and fell deed [dead] immediately.

The Fins [of a fish] made of griſtly Spokes or Rays connected by Membranes, ſo that they may be contracted or extended like VVomens Fans, and furniſhed vvith Muſcles for motion, ſerve partly for progreſſion, but chiefly to hold the Body upright; vvhich appears in that vvhen they are cut off, it vvavers to and fro, and ſo ſoon as the Fiſh dies, the Belly turns upvvard.

To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.

Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

The capitayn […], to thentent to ſhewe hymſelfe valiante and not willyng to breake hys othe, neither to wauer frõ [from] hys allegeance, boſted that he would rather dye in the defence then frely yeld the caſtle.

To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.

[…] I ſhall not much vvaver to affirm that thoſe vvords vvhich are made to intimate, as if they forbad all divorce but for adultery […] thoſe vvords tak'n circumſcriptly, […] are as much againſt plain equity, and the mercy of religion, […]

Let not that man think that he shall obtain anything from the Lord. What man? Why, he that doubteth or wavereth in his mind, about the truth of the mercy of God in Christ; […]

An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.

No a bit butterflee on its silent waver, meeting the murmur of the straightforward bee.

By turns she sat watching the waver of the candles in the draught, and walked to and fro between the bed and the washhand-stand to keep herself warm.

A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.

I hear the soldiers talk as I ride by, "There goes the old man. All's right." Not a waver, doubt, or hesitation when I order, and men march to certain death without a murmur if I call on them, because they know I value their lives as much as my own.

A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.

"Does she mean to accept him?" asked Travice. "Well, she's on the waver. She does not dislike him, and she does not particularly like him. He's too old for her; he's twenty years older than Liz; but it's her first offer, and young women are apt to think when they get that, they had better accept it, lest they may never get another."

One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.

I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.

The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers.

A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.

A tool used to make hair wavy.

In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.

Synonym of waverer (“one who feels or shows doubt or indecision; a vacillator”).

[N]o waver in Judgment, have I, though Gods mercy, ever been; but a conſtant aſſertor of, and ſufferer for my ſatisfiedneſs in, and adheſion to, the piety and probity of my breeding and belief, vvhich vvas ever, yet is, and I hope, through Gods grace, to death ſhall be, in point of Religion according to the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church of England.