quiver

quiver
    n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
         surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver},
         {chill}, {quiver}, {shudder}, {thrill}, {tingle}]
    2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
       pipe" [syn: {shaking}, {shakiness}, {trembling}, {quiver},
       {quivering}, {vibration}, {palpitation}]
    3: case for holding arrows
    4: the act of vibrating [syn: {vibration}, {quiver},
       {quivering}]
    v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
         palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {quake}, {palpitate}]
    2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
       [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flitter}, {flutter}, {quiver}]
    3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the
       city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: {pulsate},
       {beat}, {quiver}]
    

Quiver \Quiv"er\ (kw[i^]v"[~e]r), a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice
   anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. {Quaver}.]
   Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." --Shak.
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Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quivered}
   (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Quivering}.] [Cf.
   {Quaver}.]
   To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
   tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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         The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
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         And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
                                                  --Addison.
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Quiver \Quiv"er\, n.
   The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
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Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum,
   fr. OHG. chohh[=a]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k["o]cher 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.
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         Beside him hung his bow
         And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. --Milton.
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QUIVER, n.  A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the
aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.

    He extracted from his quiver,
        Did the controversial Roman,
    An argument well fitted
    To the question as submitted,
    Then addressed it to the liver,
        Of the unpersuaded foeman.
                                                        Oglum P. Boomp
    

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.
    

193 Moby Thesaurus words for "quiver":
      Bebung, all-overs, bale, bang, be cold, beat, beating, bicker,
      bindle, bob, bobble, bolt, boot, bounce, bouquet, budget, bump,
      bundle, charge, chatter, chill, cold shivers, cold sweat, cower,
      dance, dancing, deck, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dither,
      dithers, dodder, fagot, falter, fardel, fasces, fascine, fidget,
      fidgetiness, fidgets, flap, flicker, flickering, flickering light,
      flip out, flit, flitter, flop, fluctuate, flush, flutter,
      fluttering, freak out on, freeze, freeze to death, get high on,
      glance, glancing light, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter,
      glow, go pitapat, grimace, grow cold, halt, have a chill,
      have an ague, have goose pimples, have the fidgets,
      have the shakes, heave, heaving, heebie-jeebies, horripilate,
      hustle, inquietude, jactitate, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle,
      jimjams, jitters, jog, joggle, jollies, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump,
      jumps, kick, lambency, lift, light show, limp, lose heat, nosegay,
      oscillate, pack, package, packet, palpitate, palpitation, pant,
      panting, parcel, perish with cold, pitapat, pitter-patter, play,
      play of light, posy, quake, quaking, quaver, quavering, quivering,
      quivers, restlessness, rictus, roll, rouleau, rush,
      rush of emotion, sensation, shake, shake all over, shakes, shaking,
      sheaf, shimmer, shiver, shivers, shock, shudder, sparkle, spasm,
      splutter, sputter, squirm, surge of emotion, sweat, swell,
      swell with emotion, teeter, thrill, thrill to, throb, throbbing,
      tic, tingle, tingle with excitement, tingling, titillation, toss,
      toss and turn, totter, tremble, trembles, trembling, tremolando,
      tremolant, tremolo, tremor, tremor of excitement, trepidation,
      trepidity, trill, trillet, trilleto, trillo, truss, tumble,
      turn on to, twinkle, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, unrest,
      vibrate, vibrato, waver, wiggle, willies, wobble, wriggle,
      writhe