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shiver

 

  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiver  \Shiv"er\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shivered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Shivering}.]  [OE.  schiveren  scheveren  cf  OD 
  scheveren  See  {Shiver}  a  fragment.] 
  To  break  into  many  small  pieces,  or  splinters;  to  shatter;  to 
  dash  to  pieces  by  a  blow;  as  to  shiver  a  glass  goblet. 
 
  All  the  ground  With  shivered  armor  strown.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiver  \Shiv"er\,  n.  [OE.  schivere  fr  shive;  cf  G.  schifer  a 
  splinter,  slate,  OHG.  scivere  a  splinter,  Dan.  &  Sw  skifer  a 
  slate.  See  {Shive},  and  cf  {Skever}.] 
  1.  One  of  the  small  pieces,  or  splinters,  into  which  a 
  brittle  thing  is  broken  by  sudden  violence;  --  generally 
  used  in  the  plural.  ``All  to  shivers  dashed.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  A  thin  slice;  a  shive.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.]  ``A  shiver  of 
  their  own  loaf.''  --Fuller. 
 
  Of  your  soft  bread,  not  but  a  shiver.  --Chaucer. 
 
  3.  (Geol.)  A  variety  of  blue  slate. 
 
  4.  (Naut.)  A  sheave  or  small  wheel  in  a  pulley. 
 
  5.  A  small  wedge,  as  for  fastening  the  bolt  of  a  window 
  shutter. 
 
  6.  A  spindle.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiver  \Shiv"er\,  v.  i. 
  To  separate  suddenly  into  many  small  pieces  or  parts  to  be 
  shattered. 
 
  There  shiver  shafts  upon  shields  thick.  --Chaucer 
 
  The  natural  world,  should  gravity  once  cease,  .  .  . 
  would  instantly  shiver  into  millions  of  atoms. 
  --Woodward. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiver  \Shiv"er\,  v.  i.  [OE.  chiveren  cheveren  of  uncertain 
  origin.  This  word  seems  to  have  been  confused  with  shiver  to 
  shatter.] 
  To  tremble;  to  vibrate;  to  quiver;  to  shake,  as  from  cold  or 
  fear. 
 
  Prometheus  is  laid  On  icy  Caucasus  to  shiver.  --Swift. 
 
  The  man  that  shivered  on  the  brink  of  sin,  Thus  steeled 
  and  hardened,  ventures  boldly  in  --Creech. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiver  \Shiv"er\,  v.  t.  (Naut.) 
  To  cause  to  shake  or  tremble,  as  a  sail,  by  steering  close  to 
  the  wind. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiver  \Shiv"er\,  n. 
  The  act  of  shivering  or  trembling. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shiver 
  n  1:  reflex  shaking  caused  by  cold  or  fear  or  excitement  [syn:  {tremble}, 
  {shake}] 
  2:  an  almost  pleasurable  sensation  of  fright;  "a  frisson  of 
  surprise  shot  through  him"  [syn:  {frisson},  {chill},  {quiver}, 
  {shudder},  {thrill},  {tingle}] 
  v  1:  tremble  convulsively  [syn:  {shudder},  {throb},  {thrill}] 
  2:  shake,  as  from  cold  or  fear  [syn:  {shudder},  {dither}]




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