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To limp; move with a limping gait.

To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

To waver.

To falter.

To stop marching.

To stop either temporarily or permanently.

To bring to a stop.

To cause to discontinue.

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

(rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

(archaic) Lame, limping.

(dated) Lameness; a limp.