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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

quiver
    n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
         surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
         chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
    2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
       pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver,
       quivering, vibration, palpitation]
    3: case for holding arrows
    4: the act of vibrating [syn: vibration, quiver,
       quivering]
    v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
         palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate]
    2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
       [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
    3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the
       city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate,
       beat, quiver]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quiver \Quiv"er\ (kw[i^]v"[~e]r), a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice
   anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.]
   Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered
   (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] [Cf.
   Quaver.]
   To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
   tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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         The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
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         And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
                                                  --Addison.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quiver \Quiv"er\, n.
   The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum,
   fr. OHG. chohh[=a]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k["o]cher quiver;
   akin to AS. cocor, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a
   high shoe.]
   A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
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         Beside him hung his bow
         And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. --Milton.
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6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Quiver
   the sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly
   rendered is found in Job 39:23; Ps. 127:5; Isa. 22:6; 49:2; Jer.
   5:16; Lam. 3:13. In Gen. 27:3 this word is the rendering of the
   Hebrew _teli_, which is supposed rather to mean a suspended
   weapon, literally "that which hangs from one", i.e., is
   suspended from the shoulder or girdle.

7. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

QUIVER, n.  A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the
aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.

    He extracted from his quiver,
        Did the controversial Roman,
    An argument well fitted
    To the question as submitted,
    Then addressed it to the liver,
        Of the unpersuaded foeman.
                                                        Oglum P. Boomp

Thesaurus Results for quiver:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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