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▪ I. quivering, vbl. n.|ˈkwɪvərɪŋ|
[f. quiver v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.
1562Turner Herbal ii. (1568) 23 b, The same..is good..for quiueringe or shakinge. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 10/1 The Spasmus possessed the whole bodye with shakinge & quiveringe. 1632Massinger Maid of Hon. i. ii, Cast not a sheep's eye Upon the quivering of my calf. 1801Southey Thalaba ix. xxvi, The silver quivering of the element. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. vi, A momentary quivering of the lip. 1884tr. Lotze's Logic 437 The confused notion that..colours [are] merely quiverings of the ether.
▪ II. quivering, ppl. a.|ˈkwɪvərɪŋ|
[+ -ing2.]
1. That quivers; tremulous.
a1547Surrey æneid ii. 224 Holding..her targe and quiuering spere. 1632Lithgow Trav. vi. 273 A soft paued lodging for quiuering Goates. 1700Dryden tr. Ovid's Metam. xiii. 124 Let his quiv'ring Heart confess his Fear. 1735Somerville Chase iii. 429 The quiv'ring Bog Soft yielding to the Step. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 124 The sequestered pool, reflecting the quivering trees. 1871–4J. Thomson City Dreadf. Nt. xvii. ii, The quivering moonbridge on the deep black stream.
2. Of the nature of quivering.
1849Noad Electricity 42 A wide brush of pale ramifications, having a quivering motion. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens iv. 103 The story of experiences..to which his own mind could not recur without a quivering sensitiveness. |