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quaked |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr & vb n. {Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian cf G. quackeln Cf {Quagmire}.] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. ``Quaking for dread.'' --Chaucer. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. 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.'' --Macaulay.
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