Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A portable case for holding arrows.
- noun A case full of arrows.
- noun A collection or store; arsenal.
- intransitive verb To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement.
- intransitive verb To tremble, as from cold or strong emotion. synonym: shake.
- noun The act or motion of quivering.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, variant of Old French cuivre, from Old Low Franconian cocar, probably from Medieval Latin cucurum, probably from Hunnish; akin to Mongolian kökür.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English quiveren, perhaps from quiver, nimble (from Old English cwifer-; see gwei- in Indo-European roots).]
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