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quaffer
n 1: a person who drinks heartily

English Dictionary: quiver	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quaver n a tremulous sound a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note Synonym(s): eighth note, quaver v give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency Synonym(s): quaver, waver sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below Synonym(s): warble, trill, quaver
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]:
Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaffer \Quaff"er\, n. One who quaffs, or drinks largely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaver \Qua"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quavering}.] [OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG. quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.] 1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaver \Qua"ver\, v. t. To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaver \Qua"ver\, n. 1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music. 2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See {Eighth}.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoifffure \Quoiff"fure\, n. See {Coiffure}.
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.