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(n) : a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun
"1598: Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. Benedick:I look for an earthquake too then. &mdash"
(v) : to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver
"1593: The birds chaunt melody on every bush, The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind And make a checker'd shadow on the ground. &mdash"
(adj) : Nimble, active
"1598: ... there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in. — William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II, Act III, Scene II, line 281."
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Definition of quiver:

(n) : a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun
"1598: Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. Benedick:I look for an earthquake too then. &mdash"
(v) : to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver
"1593: The birds chaunt melody on every bush, The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind And make a checker'd shadow on the ground. &mdash"
(adj) : Nimble, active
"1598: ... there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in. — William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II, Act III, Scene II, line 281."
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