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† ˈearthquave Obs.
[f. earth n.1 + quave n.]
= earthquake.
1382Wyclif Esther xi. 5 There semeden voisis..and thundris, and erthe quaues, and disturbing up on the erthe. c1430Lydg. Bochas I. iii. (1558) 5 God..may confounde it with an erth quaue. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1549) 67 Where diuerse citees by earthe quaues had ben frushed, and therewith defourmed. |