stagger grass (stager gras)

The atamasco lily, Zephyr ant hes Atamasco: so called as supposed to cause staggers in horses. staggeringly (stag'er-ing-li), adv. In a staggering or reeling manner; with hesitation or doubt. Imp. Dict. stagger wort (stag'er-wėrt), n. Same as staver wort: so called as supposed to cure the staggers, or, as Prior thinks, from its application to newly castrated bulls, called stags. Shak ., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 212. staggont (stag'on), n. [Also stag on (ML. stag "Tis not to die, sir, But to die unreveng'd, that staggers me. Fletcher, Double Marriage, iv. 1. gon ); stag + -on, a suffix of origin.] A staggard. Holinshed. Called in the fourth [year] a stag on . Stan i hurst, Descrip. of Eng., iii. 4.