[syn: pulsate, beat, quiver]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quiver \Quiv"er\ (kw[i^]v"[~e]r), a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice
anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.]
Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered
(kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] [Cf.
Quaver.]
To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
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And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
--Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, n.
The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. cocor, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a
high shoe.]
A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
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Beside him hung his bow
And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quiver
n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver,
quivering, vibration, palpitation]
3: case for holding arrows
4: the act of vibrating [syn: vibration, quiver,
quivering]
v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate]
2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the
city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate,
beat, quiver]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the
aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.
He extracted from his quiver,
Did the controversial Roman,
An argument well fitted
To the question as submitted,
Then addressed it to the liver,
Of the unpersuaded foeman.
Oglum P. Boomp