Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quaking.]
[AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.]
1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to
tremble. ``Quaking for dread.'' --Chaucer.
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid,
as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind;
as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. `` Over quaking
bogs.'' --Macaulay.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Quaking \Quak"ing\,
a. & n. from Quake, v.
Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar
(Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in
the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen.
See Aspen.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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