Obs. exc. dial. [f. STUT v.1 + -ER1. (Cf. STOTER sb.1)] = STUTTERER.

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1529.  Rastell, Pastyme (1811), 79. Lews the Stutter [= Louis the stammerer].

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1530.  Palsgr., 277/2. Stuttar, besgu.

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1547.  Boorde, Brev. Health, xli. 21. If it [sc. stuttering] do come with beying in the company of a stutter or stamerer, a man must refrayne the company of a stutter.

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1560.  Bible (Geneva), Isa. xxxii. 4. The tongue of the stutters shalbe ready to speake distinctly.

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a. 1618.  Sylvester, Little Bartas, 988. The Spirit … Which … Gives Stutters Tongues, & makes the bashfull bold.

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1626.  Bacon, Sylva, § 386. Many Stutters … are very Cholericke Men.

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1825.  Jamieson, Stuter.

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