Definition of "stotter" []

• To stumble.
• To affect with staggers.
• In golf, a ball that stots or bounces: generally used in some such expression as ‘a good stotter,’ meaning a ball that possesses resiliency and bounces well upon being dropped on a hard, flat surface. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The muckle black deil was father to the Frasers, a'body kens that; and as for the Gregara, I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet."
• "Gregara, I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet."
• "Frasers, a'body kens that; and as for the Gregara, I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet."