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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\ (kw[i^]v"[~e]r), adjective [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. {Quaver}.] Nimble; active. [Obs.] '' A little quiver fellow.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, verb (used without an object) [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.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. --Addison.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, noun The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiver \Quiv"er\, noun [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.
Beside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
quiver
noun
1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver}, {chill}, {shudder}, {thrill}, {tingle}]
2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: {shaking}, {shakiness}, {trembling}, {quivering}, {vibration}, {palpitation}]
3: case for holding arrows
4: the act of vibrating [syn: {vibration}, {quivering}]
verb
1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: {quake}, {palpitate}]
2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flitter}, {flutter}]
3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: {pulsate}, {beat}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
QUIVER, noun 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
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.
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