Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or state of quivering; a tremulous motion; a tremor; a flutter; a shudder; a shiver.
- noun A case for holding arrows or crossbow-bolts.
- Nimble; active; spry.
- To quake; tremble; shake tremulously; shudder; shiver.
- To flutter or be agitated with a tremulous motion.
- Synonyms Quake, etc. See
shiver .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Nimble; active.
- intransitive verb To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
- noun A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
- noun The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
Nimble ,active . - noun weaponry A
container forarrows ,crossbow bolts ordarts , such as those fired from abow , crossbow orblowgun . - noun figuratively A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
- noun obsolete The
collective noun forcobras . - noun Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.
- noun mathematics A
multidigraph . - verb intransitive To
shake ormove withslight andtremulous motion ; totremble ; toquake ; toshudder ; toshiver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- noun case for holding arrows
- noun the act of vibrating
- verb shake with fast, tremulous movements
- noun a shaky motion
- verb move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- verb move back and forth very rapidly
Etymologies
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Examples
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A quiver is where you keep arrows until you shoot them.
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The last, thin quiver in the Wingnut quill, of course, is blaming the media.
Sound Politics: The 20 Minute Anti-War Commercial On KUOW 2007
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The last, thin quiver in the Wingnut quill, of course, is blaming the media.
Sound Politics: The 20 Minute Anti-War Commercial On KUOW 2007
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The fourth, and perhaps the most important arrow in OSPE's quiver is direct intervention.
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"Polished," that is, free from all rust, implies His unsullied purity. in ... quiver ... hid me -- Like a sword in its scabbard, or a shaft in the quiver, Messiah, before His appearing, was hid with God, ready to be drawn forth at the moment God saw fit [Hengstenberg]; also always protected by God, as the arrow by the quiver (Isa 51: 16).
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Their quiver is all-devouring, as the grave opened to receive the dead: as many as are the arrows, so many are the deaths.
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The 'my Wilfrid' made the owner of the name quiver with satisfaction.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 7 George Meredith 1868
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The 'my Wilfrid' made the owner of the name quiver with satisfaction.
Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The 'my Wilfrid' made the owner of the name quiver with satisfaction.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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God's quiver is full of arrows; he is never at a loss for ways and means to punish a wicked people.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
brtom commented on the word quiver
Then Crown'd again thir gold'n Harps they took,
Harps ever tun'd, that glittering by thir side
Like Quivers hung ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III
December 19, 2006
suunflowerss commented on the word quiver
my favorite word from my trashy novel era..... "his manhood quivered at the sight of her virginal breast"
September 15, 2007
oroboros commented on the word quiver
...and don't forget that ever-racy color: vermillion. ;oP
September 15, 2007
skipvia commented on the word quiver
A group of cobras
November 16, 2007
sillygoose commented on the word quiver
A case for holding or carrying arrows, or the arrows carried in said case. May also refer to a collection of surfboards or skateboards.
Finally, it is a term that a fundamentalist Christian sect uses to describe their movement to have as many babies as possible -- Full Quiver Theology, based on the reading of Psalm 127: 3-5: "Children are a heritage of the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. As arrows in a soldier's hand, so are the sons of the young. Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them."
February 22, 2008
Arthurpod commented on the word quiver
"...'Mud?' His leper's caution quivered. 'I need soap, not more dirt.'..."
Lord Foul's Bane
July 29, 2012