quivery
ər 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.
Origin:
1480–90; origin uncertain; compare Middle Dutch quiveren to tremble
1480–90; origin uncertain; compare Middle Dutch quiveren to tremble
Related forms
quiv·er·er, noun
quiv·er·ing·ly, adverb
quiv·er·y, adjective
un·quiv·ered, adjective
un·quiv·er·ing, adjective
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quiver1 (ˈkwɪvə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to shake with a rapid tremulous movement; tremble |
| —n | |
| 2. | the state, process, or noise of shaking or trembling |
| [C15: from obsolete cwiver quick, nimble; compare | |
| 'quiverer1 | |
| —n | |
| 'quivering1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'quiveringly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'quivery1 | |
| —adj | |
| quiver1 (ˈkwɪvə) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to shake with a rapid tremulous movement; tremble |
| —n | |
| 2. | the state, process, or noise of shaking or trembling |
| [C15: from obsolete cwiver quick, nimble; compare | |
| 'quiverer1 | |
| —n | |
| 'quivering1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'quiveringly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'quivery1 | |
| —adj | |
| quiver2 (ˈkwɪvə) | |
| —n | |
| a case for arrows | |
| [C13: from Old French cuivre; related to Old English cocer, Old Saxon kokari, Old High German kohhari, Medieval Latin cucurum] | |
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Word Origin & History
quiver
"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
"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.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Quiver definition
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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