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noun

Quake n.

A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

An earthquake.

Synonyms: earthquake; tremor; temblor.

verb

Quake v. t. To cause to quake. (Obs.)

Quake v. i. (past & past part. quaked; pres. part. quaking)

To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. "Quaking for dread." "She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize."

To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs."

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Etymology of 'Quake'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quake" Quotes from Famous Books

... and terror quake, Whilst the pen to write I take; I will utter many a pray'r To the heaven's Regent fair, That she deign to succour me, And I'll humbly bend my knee; For but poorly do I know With my subject on to go; Therefore is my wisest plan Not to trust ...

— The Zincali - An Account of the Gypsies of Spain • George Borrow

... very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on." ...

— The Contemporary Review, January 1883 - Vol 43, No. 1 • Various

... ornate and very high buildings, especially in the burned area and on Market Street, there were alongside the new buildings the cellars of former fine buildings filled with debris of the buildings destroyed by quake or fire, also whole blocks boarded up and covered with advertisements, behind which were piles of broken masonry and twisted steel. I went along Montgomery to Kearney Street, up Clay to Powell and found very little change from what I left in 1859. The Plaza did ...

— Some Reminiscences of old Victoria • Edgar Fawcett

... had said about the 'quake and the storm of ashes. The professor began to rub his hands together and his eyes twinkled. "I declare! I declare!" he repeated. "A seismic disturbance in this locality? Ah! our visit to Alaska for Dr. Todd may ...

— On a Torn-Away World • Roy Rockwood

... shepherd; I shall The mountains quake at him, and not want. He maketh me to lie the hills mels, and the hearth is down in green pastures: he leadeth burned at his presence, yea, the me beside the still waters. He world, and all that dwell therein. restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in Who can stand before his ...

— Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows

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