Stammer
Stammer (stam"mẽr) , intransitive verb
[Old English stameren, from Anglo-Saxon stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to Dutch & LG. stameren to stammer, German stammeln, Old High German stammalōn, stammēn, Danish stamme, Swedish stamma, Icelandic stama, stamma, Old High German & Danish stam stammering, Icelandic stamr, Gothic stamms, and to German stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, Dutch stom. Compare Stem to resist, Stumble.]
To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and difficulty; to stutter.
I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concealed man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all.
Stammer (stam"mẽr) , transitive verb
To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
Stammer , noun
Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.