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quaked 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. [ 1913 Webster] She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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