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Webster 1913 Edition

Shaky

Shak′y

,

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Shakier

;

sup

erl.

Shakiest

.]

1.

Shaking or trembling;

as, a

shaky

spot in a marsh; a

shaky

hand

.

Thackeray.

2.

Full of shakes or cracks; cracked;

as,

shaky

timber

.

Gwilt.

3.

Easily shaken; tottering; unsound;

as, a

shaky

constitution;

shaky

business credit

.

[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Shaky

SHA'KY

,

Adj.

Cracked, as timber.