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QUOOKE
Verb
quooke
(obsolete, nonce) simple past tense and past participle of quake
Source: Wiktionary
QUAKE
Quake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] Etym: [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.]
1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. Quaking for dread." Chaucer. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." Macaulay.
Quake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.]
Definition: To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak.
Quake, n.
Definition: A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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