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quiver

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quiver \Quiv"er\, a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD.
   kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. {Quaver}.]
   Nimble; active. [Obs.] `` A little quiver fellow.'' --Shak.

Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quivered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Quivering}.] [Cf. {Quaver}.]
   To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
   tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

         The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.

         And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
                                                  --Addison.

Quiver \Quiv"er\, n.
   The act or state of quivering; a tremor.

Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum,
   fr. OHG. chohh[=a]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k["o]cher quiver;
   akin to AS. color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. {Cocker} a
   high shoe.]
   A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.

         Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted
         thunder stored.                          --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

quiver
     n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
          surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver}, {chill},
           {shudder}, {thrill}, {tingle}]
     2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
        pipe" [syn: {shaking}, {shakiness}, {trembling}, {quivering},
         {vibration}, {palpitation}]
     3: case for holding arrows
     4: the act of vibrating [syn: {vibration}, {quivering}]
     v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
          palpitated" [syn: {quake}, {palpitate}]
     2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
        [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flitter}, {flutter}]
     3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the
        city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: {pulsate},
        {beat}]
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