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quiv⋅er

1  [kwiv-er]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
–noun
2. the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
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Origin:
1480–90; orig. uncert.; cf. MD quiveren to tremble

Related forms:
quiv⋅er⋅er, noun
quiv⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
quiv⋅er⋅y, adjective

Synonyms:
1. quake, shudder, shiver. See shake. 2. shudder, shiver, shake.
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quiv⋅er

2  [kwiv-er]
–noun
1. a case for holding or carrying arrows.
2. the arrows in such a case.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF quiveir, var. of OF quivre; perh. < Gmc; cf. OE cocer quiver
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quiv·er 1   (kwĭv'ər)   
intr.v.   quiv·ered, quiv·er·ing, quiv·ers
To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement. See Synonyms at shake.
n.  The act or motion of quivering.

[Middle English quiveren, perhaps from quiver, nimble (from Old English cwifer-; see gwei- in Indo-European roots).]
quiv'er·ing·ly adv., quiv'er·y adj.
quiv·er 2   (kwĭv'ər)   
n.  

  1. A portable case for holding arrows.

  2. A case full of arrows.

  3. A collection or store; arsenal: a quiver of ready responses.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, variant of Old French cuivre, from Old Low Franconian cocar, probably from Medieval Latin cucurum, probably from Hunnish; akin to Mongolian kökür.]
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Word Origin & History

quiver  (v.)
"to tremble," 1490, perhaps onomatopoeic, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from O.E. cwifer-, perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick).

quiver  (n.)
"case for holding arrows," 1322, from Anglo-Fr. quiveir, O.Fr. quivre, probably from P.Gmc. *kukur "container" (cf. O.H.G. kohhari, O.Fris. koker, O.E. cocur "quiver"); said to be from the language of the Huns.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Quiver

the sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Ps. 127:5; Isa. 22:6; 49:2; Jer. 5:16; Lam. 3:13. In Gen. 27:3 this word is the rendering of the Hebrew _teli_, which is supposed rather to mean a suspended weapon, literally "that which hangs from one", i.e., is suspended from the shoulder or girdle.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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