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Webster 1913 Edition

Quaking

Quak′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Quake
,
Verb.
Quaking aspen
(Bot.)
,
an American species of poplar (
Populus tremuloides
), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See
Aspen
.
–
Quaking bog
,
a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon.
–
Quaking grass
.
(Bot.)
(a)
One of several grasses of the genus
Briza
, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind.
Briza maxima
is the large quaking grass;
Briza media
and
Briza minor
are the smaller kinds.
(b)
Rattlesnake grass (
Glyceria Canadensis
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Quaking

QUA'KING

,
ppr.
Shaking; trembling.

QUA'KING

,
Noun.
A shaking; tremulous agitation; trepidation.
Dan. 10.

Definition 2024

quaking

quaking

English

Noun

quaking ‎(plural quakings)

  1. The action of the verb to quake.

Adjective

quaking

  1. That shakes or shivers.

Derived terms

Verb

quaking

  1. present participle of quake

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