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Quiver   /kwˈɪvər/   Listen
noun
Quiver  n.  The act or state of quivering; a tremor.



Quiver  n.  A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person. "Beside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored."



verb
Quiver  v. i.  (past & past part. quivered; pres. part. quivering)  To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. "The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind." "And left the limbs still quivering on the ground."



adjective
Quiver  adj.  Nimble; active. (Obs.) " A little quiver fellow."





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... quiver, even while she uttered hopeful words. Mr. Tomlinson, whose own heart was full, bent down and kissed her hurriedly. When she looked up, he was gone. How fast the tears flowed, as she stood alone on the spot ...
— Words for the Wise • T. S. Arthur
 
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... time had come to put an end to the disturbance. He drew an arrow from his quiver, placed it in his crossbow, and pointed it at the hat. Friesshardt, seeing what he intended to do, uttered a shout of horror and rushed to stop him. But at that moment somebody in the crowd hit him so hard with a spade that his helmet ...
— William Tell Told Again • P. G. Wodehouse
 
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... that too, but yet a hidden strength Which if Heav'n gave it, may be term'd her own: 'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity: 420 She that has that, is clad in compleat steel, And like a quiver'd Nymph with Arrows keen May trace huge Forests, and unharbour'd Heaths, Infamous Hills, and sandy perilous wildes, Where through the sacred rayes of Chastity, No savage fierce, Bandite, or mountaneer Will dare to soyl ...
— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton
 
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... with anger, and his long upper lip began to quiver. He raised his hand, as if to command the attention of the crowd, but just then Hawthwaite and a couple of policemen appeared in the open doorway behind, and Mallett and Coppinger, nudging the big man from either side, led him away along the market-place. And suddenly, from ...
— In the Mayor's Parlour • J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
 
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... began to smooth out a pleat in her gown. It was really wonderful to Spargo to find how very sober and normal this old harridan had become; he did not understand that her nerves had been all a-quiver and on edge when he first met her, and that a resort to her favourite form of alcohol in liberal quantity had calmed and quickened them; secretly he was regarding her with astonishment as the most extraordinary old person he had ...
— The Middle Temple Murder • J.S. Fletcher
 
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