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noun

Quaver n.

A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

(Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

verb

Quaver v. t. To utter with quavers. "We shall hear her quavering them... to some sprightly airs of the opera."

Quaver v. i. (past & past part. quavered; pres. part. quavering)

To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

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"Quaver" Quotes from Famous Books

... had come, as driftwood from the storm of war, in '65. Some of the "boys" had heard him, in a great prayer-meeting in Washington—a city which he always spoke of as his "namesake"—at the time of the great review, say, in his strong voice, with that pathetic quaver in it: "Like as de parched an' weary traveller hangs his harp upon de winder, an' sighs for oysters in de desert, so I longs to res' my soul an' my foot in Mass'chusetts;" and they were so delighted with him that they invited him on the spot to go home with ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 • Various

... the buxom Nanoun's bosom and encircled that astonished young person's neck with her arms. Esperit went pale at that; but the hand did not tremble in which he held his still-raised glass, nor did his voice quaver as he said with a deep earnestness: "To the good health of Monsieur le Vidame, with the thanks of two very happy hearts!"—and so drained ...

— The Christmas Kalends of Provence - And Some Other Provencal Festivals • Thomas A. Janvier

... her face toward the farthest corner. The place was rather large, and everywhere dark except within the narrow circle of the candle-light. In a quiet voice, with a little quaver ...

— Heather and Snow • George MacDonald

... muddy-brown corduroy so resembled the broken ground, on which he lay that he was not a very distinct object, even when looked at point-blank. Certainly Mr Sudberry thought him an extremely disagreeable object as he ended in an ineffective quaver and with a deep blush; for that man must be more than human, who, when caught in the act of attempting to perpetrate an amateur concert in all its parts, does not ...

— Freaks on the Fells - Three Months' Rustication • R.M. Ballantyne

... sympathetic strings, which often numbered as many as twenty-four. These violas recall the Hardanger peasant fiddle of Norway, of unknown origin and antiquity, whose delicate metallic under strings quaver tremulously and mysteriously when the bow sets ...

— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore

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