Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An earthquake.
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Examples
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And then he made her, all naked, to be rolled upon burning brands, and anon the ground where the holy virgin was rolled on, began to tremble like an earthquave, and a part of the wall fell down upon Silvain, counsellor of Quintianus, and upon Fastion his friend, by whose counsel she had been so tormented.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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And Orosius saith that it was in Greece, and in the end of Asia the less, and saith that when our Lord was nailed to the cross there was a right great trembling and earthquave through the world.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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