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; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Sir John, you loiter here too long. Shak. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. Rogers.

One who loiters; an idler.

In a loitering manner.

vement except from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

To doubt. [R.] If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle.

To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.

To loiter. [Obs.] Shak.

To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

t, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you hangs back." Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished…

To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] Gower.

To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." Milton.

One who lags; a loiterer.

In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

unt; a sovereign. Mrs. Browning. The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers and malcontents. Shak.

To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. Milton.

To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.

To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.