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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Quiver \Quiv"er\ (kw[i^]v"[~e]r), a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.] Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] [Cf. Quaver.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. [1913 Webster]

    The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor. [1913 Webster]

  4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Quiver \Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohh[=a]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k["o]cher 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]