a. [ Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver. ] Nimble; active. [ Obs. ] “ A little quiver fellow.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohhāri quiver, receptacle, G. köcher 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Beside him hung his bow
And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adv. With quivering motion. [ 1913 Webster ]