QUIVER, QUIVERING
ADJECTIVES
► AGITAGIOUS quivering, shaking → ?1609 obs.
► BEVERING trembling, quivering → 1863 Eng. dial.
► DADDERING shaking, quivering → 1881 Eng. dial.
► DIRLING aching, quivering, tingling → 1853 Sc.
► TWITTERING trembling or quivering, as with fear, excitement, etc.; tremulous, shaking → 1648
► WARBLING in continual motion, quivering → 1549 obs.
NOUNS
► BEVERING the quivering of an infant’s under-jaw when yawning → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUAGGLE a quivering, shaking motion, such as that of jelly or of loose boggy soil → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUITHER a shake, tremble, shudder, quiver → 1899 Eng. dial.
► QUIVERATION a quivering; a trembling motion or condition → 1812
► TWITTERATION tremulous excitement, as from desire, fear, etc.; a state of agitation; a shaking, a quiver, a tremble → 1835 obs.
► TWITTERING a trembling, shaking, or quivering → 1682
► WAMBLE a rolling or unsteady motion; a totter, a quivering or shaking, a wriggle, a tumble → 1825 Sc.
► WARBLING a vibration or quivering → 1621 obs.
VERBS
► BEVER ► BEVVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear → 1470 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BIVER ► BIVVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DANGLE to swing, vibrate, quiver, throb, tingle → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain → 19C Sc.
► OGGLE to shudder or quiver for fear → c1450 obs.
► QUAB to beat, to throb, to quiver → 1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUAP to beat, to throb, to palpitate, to quiver → c1374 obs.
► QUIBBLE to quiver, to shake → 1726 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUIBBLY to quiver, to shake → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUITTER to flicker, to quiver → 1513 Sc. obs.
► QUOB to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate → 1863 Eng. dial.
► THRIMBLE ► THRIMMEL to tremble, to shake, to quiver → 1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► TIRL to quiver, to vibrate; to thrill; to make a thrilling sound → 1881 Sc.
► TWITTER to tremble or move to and fro with a light rapid motion; to shake, to quiver, to flutter; esp. to tremble with excitement, eagerness, fear, etc. → 1629
► VERBERATE to vibrate, to tremble, to quiver → 1755
► VIMMER to quiver, to tremble → 19C Sc.
► WAMBLE to quiver, to shake → 1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WARBLE to vibrate, to quiver; to wobble → 1549 obs.