quiver : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quiver	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for quiver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quiver n an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" Synonym(s): frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" Synonym(s): shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation case for holding arrows the act of vibrating Synonym(s): vibration, quiver, quivering v shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" Synonym(s): quiver, quake, palpitate move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" Synonym(s): flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" Synonym(s): pulsate, beat, quiver
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quivered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quivering}.] [Cf. {Quaver}.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak. And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohh[be]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k[94]cher quiver; akin to AS. color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. {Cocker} a high shoe.] A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person. Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. {Quaver}.] Nimble; active. [Obs.] [bd] A little quiver fellow.[b8] --Shak.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.