The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See
   Quake, v. t.]
   To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quake \Quake\, n.
   A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder;
   a quivering.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Quaking.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.]
   1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
      repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to
      tremble. "Quaking for dread." --Chaucer.
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            She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
            hawk is ready to seize.               --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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   2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid,
      as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind;
      as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking
      bogs." --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quake
    n 1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting
         from underground movement along a fault plane of from
         volcanic activity [syn: earthquake, quake, temblor,
         seism]
    v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
         palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate]
    2: shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn:
       tremor, quake]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Quake

   A string-oriented language designed to support the
   construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces
   and libraries.  Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.