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Traditional English :: quiver(1)
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quiveringli.html - v. & n. --v. 1 intr. tremble or vibrate with a slight rapid motion, esp.: a (usu. foll. by with) as the result of emotion (quiver with anger). b (usu. foll. by in) as the result of air currents etc. (quiver in the breeze).
2 tr. (of a bird, esp. a skylark) make (its wings) quiver. --n. quiveringly adv. quivery adj. [ME f. obs. quiver nimble: cf. QUAVER] |
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Traditional English :: quiver(2)
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quiveringli.html - n. a case for holding arrows. have an arrow (or shaft) left in one's quiver not be resourceless. [ME f. OF quivre f. WG (cf. OE cocor)] |
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Traditional English :: quiverful
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quiveringli.html - n.
(pl. -fuls)
1 as much as a quiver can hold.
2 many children of one parent (Ps. 127:5). [QUIVER(2)] |
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Traditional English :: quiver(1)
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quiveringli.html - v. & n. --v. 1 intr. tremble or vibrate with a slight rapid motion, esp.: a (usu. foll. by with) as the result of emotion (quiver with anger). b (usu. foll. by in) as the result of air currents etc. (quiver in the breeze).
2 tr. (of a bird, esp. a skylark) make (its wings) quiver. --n. quiveringly adv. quivery adj. [ME f. obs. quiver nimble: cf. QUAVER] |
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Traditional English :: quiver(2)
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quiveringli.html - n. a case for holding arrows. have an arrow (or shaft) left in one's quiver not be resourceless. [ME f. OF quivre f. WG (cf. OE cocor)] |
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Traditional English :: quiverful
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quiveringli.html - n.
(pl. -fuls)
1 as much as a quiver can hold.
2 many children of one parent (Ps. 127:5). [QUIVER(2)] |
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