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QUIVERED
Verb
quivered
simple past tense and past participle of quiver
Adjective
quivered (not comparable)
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
Synonyms
• bequivered
Source: Wiktionary
Quiv"ered, a.
1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver. "Like a quivered nymph with arrows keen." Milton.
2. Sheathed, as in a quiver. "Whose quills stand quivered at his ear." Pope.
QUIVER
Quiv"er, a. Etym: [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.]
Definition: Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." Shak.
Quiv"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] Etym: [Cf. Quaver.]
Definition: 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. Shak. And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison.
Quiv"er, n.
Definition: The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
Quiv"er, n. Etym: [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohhari quiver, receptacle, G. köcher quiver; akin to AS. color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a high shoe.]
Definition: A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person. Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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