tremblingn.
/ˈtrɛmblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtrɛmb(ə)lɪŋ/ The action of tremble v. in various senses; in quot. 1902, spec. ague in sheep (see tremble n. 2).
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > trembling with emotion
trembling1303
thrilla1680
twittering1682
strumming1822
shiver1863
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > shudder or shuddering
trembling1303
quakea1350
horror1382
grilling1398
shudderingc1440
grueing1489
shuddera1616
horridity1623
flesh-quake1631
quiver1786
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > reverential fear
dreadingc1175
devotion?c1225
trembling1303
awea1400
dread1508
awfulness1574
awedness1601
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering
trembling1303
bevering1398
brawling?a1400
tremefaction1598
trepidation1605
warbling1621
quavering1635
tremulation1651
tremblement1677
twittering1682
diddering1687
thrilling1747
quaving1825
dither1878
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering > specifically of light or sound
trembling1303
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering > with cold, infirmity, or emotion
quakingeOE
trembling1303
shivering1398
shruggingc1400
quivering1538
horror1541
tremor1615
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > other disorders of sheep
pocka1325
soughta1400
pox1530
mad1573
winter rot1577
snuffa1585
leaf1587
leaf-sickness1614
redwater1614
mentigo1706
tag1736
white water1743
hog pox1749
rickets1755
side-ill1776
resp1789
sheep-fag1789
thorter-ill1791
vanquish1792
smallpox1793
shell-sicknessc1794
sickness1794
grass-ill1795
rub1800
pine1804
pining1804
sheep-pock1804
stinking ill1807
water sickness1807
core1818
wryneck1819
tag-belt1826
tag-sore1828
kibe1830
agalaxia1894
agalactia1897
lupinosis1899
trembling1902
struck1903
black disease1906
scrapie1910
renguerra1917
pulpy kidney1927
dopiness1932
blowfly strike1933
body strike1934
sleepy sickness1937
swayback1938
twin lamb disease1945
tick pyaemia1946
fly-strike1950
maedi1952
nematodiriasis1957
visna1957
maedi-visna1972
visna-maedi1972
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4912 Ȝyf he lerne gylerye Fals wurde and feynt trenlyng [v.r. tremlynge].
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ephes. vi. 5 Seruauntis, obeysche ȝe to fleishly lordis with drede and tremblyng, in symplenesse of ȝoure herte, as to Crist.
c1400 Song Roland 54 Trymlinge of tabers And tymbring soft.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 501/2 Tremelynge, or qwakynge, tremor.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. LLiiv Transformynge our gesture or countenaunce, as in trymblyng.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. iv All my spirits move with pleasant trembeling.
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 25 A ship from Jamaica brings that the earth there had some tremblings again.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 2 At the sound of the word trembling came upon me.
1902 N. Munro in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 602/2 Sheep has been lost by the trembling.
Compounds
attributive, as trembling fit; † trembling-stop n. Obsolete a tremolo organ stop.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > tremolo stop
shaking stop1659
trembling-stop1659
tremolando1852
tremolant1854
tremulant1862
tremolo1869
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > shaking or trembling
ague fit1528
ague1532
grooving1637
the tremblesa1803
shivering fit1816
trepidation1822
shake1838
trembling fit1856
fibrillation1882
intention tremor1887
rest tremor1890
shivering attack1899
flutter1910
1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 34 The Systemes and Measures of the Organ Pipes,..also of the manner of the Registers,..the Trembling stop, &c.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 191 Men..were seized with trembling-fits and short breath.
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tremblingadj.
a. That trembles, in various senses of the verb.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering
tremblinga1400
aspen?c1412
quavering?a1439
didderingc1440
wavering1488
quavery1519
quiveringa1547
warbling1549
tremble1568
quiverish1582
tremefacting1599
aguisha1602
tremulous1611
twittering1648
brandishing1658
micant1661
shivery1747
shivering1762
tremulating1813
dithing1818
dithering1821
quivery1833
tremulant1837
trembly1846
thrilling1850
trepidatory1881
shuddering1893
doddery1919
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > trembling
trembling1526
tingling1543
shivering1562
a1400–50 Alexander (Ashm.) 4914 Þe testre trased full of trones with trimballand wingis.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUvii With tremlyng hert & holy feare, thynkyng hymselfe vnworthy to touche that most holy body.
c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas i. in Wks. (1898) I. 269 A contrare blast Doth force his saile against the trembling mast.
a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 3 Which like a twinkling starre, with trembling light Sends radiant lustre through the darksome aire.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 207 The lookers on incessantly warble out soft trembling Musique.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. xi. 309 It was delivered in..low and trembling accents.
1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. x. 122 [He] let in the trembling wretches who had been shut out.
b. transferred. Characterized or accompanied by trembling.
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the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective]
arghc885
unboldc897
bletheOE
feyOE
frightfula1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
ferdfula1382
palea1393
ferdya1400
ghastful1422
tremblingc1430
timorousc1450
cremeuse1477
craintive1490
cocklea1500
sheepish?1518
awfula1522
meticulousc1540
timidc1550
sheepa1556
tremebundc1560
timorsomec1600
tremulous1611
pigeon-hearteda1625
affrightful1631
formidolous1656
pavid1656
timidous1658
unsupported1694
tender-nosed1700
scary1773
pippin-hearted1809
kitten-hearted1831
funky1835
misventurous1849
milksoppish1852
tender-footed1854
fearsome1863
scare1885
milksoppy1886
milksopping1888
cotton wool1909
c1430 J. Lydgate Pater Noster in Minor Poems Atwyxe dred and tremblyng reuerence Astoned I am.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 96 Sixt part of each? A trembling Contribution.
1794 W. Blake Little Boy Lost in Songs of Experience in Compl. Poetry & Prose (1982) 28 In trembling zeal he seiz'd his hair.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 121 To the Butler's trembling entreaties..he at first returned no answer.
Compounds
In specific applications:
trembling aixies n. (also trembling exies) (cf. access n. 1) the ague (Scottish).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > ague
accessc1300
aguec1325
wedenonfa'c1500
exiesa1585
fen-shake1794
trembling aixies1808
(the) shivers1861
shaking1877
1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Trembling Fevers, the ague, Ang. Trembling Aixes [1825 Exies].
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 282 The cookmaid in the trembling exies.
trembling beef n. some dish of boiled beef (? obsolete); cf. trembling-piece n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > boiled meat
soddena1400
sod1548
bouilli1664
boiled1804
trembling beef1806
New England boiled dinner1888
1806 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 3) 238 Trembling Beef. Take a brisket of beef, and boil it gently [etc.].
trembling bog n. bog-land formed over water or soft mud, which shakes at every tread, a quaking bog.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog
mizzyc1400
quawa1500
quick-mire1509
quavemire1530
quallmire1553
quamire1555
quagmire1566
quakemire1577
gog-mire1583
quag1589
quabmire1597
quadmire1610
bog-mire1624
bumby1632
quick1648
trembling bog1697
shake-bog1815
quake1896
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 115 He lives on standing Lakes, and trembling Bogs . View more context for this quotation
trembling-chair n. see quot.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment
wresting thread1616
tractors1798
tetanomotor1860
examining table1877
wire instrumenta1884
wristband1884
nasal spray1888
mackintosh sheet1889
gas mask1892
bath-bed1894
inspissator1897
Murphy's button1899
trembling-chair1899
solenoid1901
sunray1921
oxygenator1928
white cane1930
white stick1930
microdrive1955
photocoagulator1965
bubble1966
stimoceiver1967
hospital gown1970
smart pill1988
1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Trembling chair, a vibrating chair used in the treatment of paralysis.
trembling eel n. the gymnotus.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Gymnotoidei > member of family Electrophoridae (electric eel)
electric eel1774
gymnotus1775
trembling eel1805
gymnote1813
trembler1832
1805 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues (new ed.) VI. xvi. 168 In Fermin's ‘Natural History of Surinam’ is some account of the trembling eel.
trembling-grass n. quaking grass ( Briza media).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass
Quakers1597
quaking grass1597
shakers1597
dodder-grass1617
brant-barley1633
cow-quakes1633
pearl grass1633
maidenhair grass1640
amourette1702
Lady's hair1732
quiver grass1759
quake1812
rattlesnake grass1814
totter-grass1821
silver shacklea1824
lady's tresses1842
fairy grass1846
earthquakes1851
trembling-grass1853
dadder grass1859
dithering-grass1878
totty-grass1901
shivery grass1926
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 216 Briza media, Trembling-grass: Quaking-grass.
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trembling-ill n. the ague in sheep (Scottish).
trembling palsy n. paralysis characterized by trembling of the extremities or the head ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon, 1899).
trembling-piece n. [French pièce tremblante] a joint of beef so interlarded with fat as to quiver.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts
tild1342
ox foota1398
oxtaila1425
neat's foot?c1450
beef-flick1462
sticking piece1469
ox-tonguea1475
aitch-bone1486
fore-crop?1523
sirloin1525
mouse-piece1530
ox-cheek1592
neat's tongue1600
clod1601
sticking place1601
skink1631
neck beef1640
round1660
ox-heart1677
runner1688
sticking draught1688
brisket-beef1697
griskin1699
sey1719
chuck1723
shin1736
gravy beef1747
baron of beef1755
prime rib1759
rump and dozen1778
mouse buttock1818
slifta1825
nine holes1825
spauld-piece1828
trembling-piece1833
shoulder-lyar1844
butt1845
plate1854
plate-rand1854
undercut1859
silver-side1861
bed1864
wing rib1883
roll1884
strip-loin1884
hind1892
topside1896
rib-eye1926
buttock meat1966
onglet1982
1833 J. Wilson French & Eng. Dict. 1288/1 Trembling-piece.
trembling poplar n. the Aspen, Populus tremula, also the North American P. tremuloides.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen
aspc700
white poplar1542
quaking asp1549
quaking aspen1586
aspen1590
trembling poplar1698
tremble1749
American aspen1785
quaking asp1822
quaking aspen1845
mountain ash1871
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 248 Here is beheld the Trembling Poplar.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. s.v. Populus. The Trembling Poplar, or Aspen-Tree.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 403 The Trembling Poplar does not succeed so well on stiff clayey soils, but will thrive in almost any other.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 120 (Aspen, or Trembling Poplar)..is a middle-sized tree.
trembling prairie n. (in Louisiana) = trembling bog n.
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1868 Putnam's Mag. 1 592/1 The floating island will in time become a ‘trembling prairie’—a marsh.
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