Waver
Waver , intransitive verb
[Old English waveren, from Anglo-Saxon wafre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.]
1.
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.
2.
To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
Let us hold fast... without wavering.
In feeble hearts, propense enough before
To waver, or fall off and join with idols.
Waver , noun
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Provincial English] — Halliwell