quiver
noun
- container for arrows, bolts, or darts
verb
- shake with rapid slight motion
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪvə/ / /ˈkwɪvɚ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).
- Nimble, active.
“[...] there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in.”
name
Etymology: Corruption of the French Cuivre, from cuivre (“copper”).
- A stream in Illinois, United States; in full, Quiver Creek.
- A township in Mason County, Illinois, United States, named after Quiver Creek.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.
- The act of quivering.
“I feel a quiver every time we kiss / The sky's the limit with a love like this”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.
- To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
“The birds chaunt melodie on euerie buſh, The ſnakes^([sic – meaning ſnake]) lies rolled in the chearefull ſunne, The greene leaues quiuer with the cooling winde, And make a checkerd ſhadow on the ground: [...]”
“And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.”