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Webster 1913 Edition

Quiver

Quiv′er

(kwĭv′ẽr)
,
Adj.
[Akin to AS.
cwiferlice
anxiously; cf. OD.
kuiven
,
kuiveren
. Cf.
Quaver
.]
Nimble; active.
[Obs.]
“ A little quiver fellow.”
Shak.

Quiv′er

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quivered
(kwĭv′ẽrd)
;
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.
Shakespeare
And left the limbs still
quivering
on the ground.
Addison.

Quiv′er

,
Noun.
The act or state of quivering; a tremor.

Quiv′er

,
Noun.
[OF.
cuivre
,
cuevre
,
coivre
, LL.
cucurum
, fr. OHG.
chohhāri
quiver, receptacle, G.
köcher
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.
Beside him hung his bow
And
quiver
, with three-bolted thunder stored.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quiver

QUIV'ER

, n.
A case or sheath for arrows.
Take the quiver and thy bow. Gen. 27.

QUIV'ER

,
Adj.
Nimble; active. [Not in use.]

QUIV'ER

, v.i.
1.
To shake or tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. This word expresses that tremulous motion of the body which proceeds from loss of heat or vigor. Thus persons quiver with fear or with cold.
He quiver'd with his feet and lay for dead.
And left the limbs still quiv'ring on the ground.
2.
To play or be agitated with a tremulous motion.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind.
The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze.

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