What is to speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton called?
lisp — To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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