Quiver

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Etymology 1

An Anglo-Norman variant of quiveir, from Old French quivre, coivre, from West Germanic *kokar- (Old English cocer).

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Noun

  1. (Weapons) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
    Quotations
    • 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. — William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene I, line 271.
    • 1786: Arrows were carried in quiver, called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 39.
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Translations

arrow container

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Etymology 2

From the adjective.

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Intransitive Verb

to quiver (quivered, quivering)

  1. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
    Quotations
    • 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. — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene III, line 12.
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Etymology 3

Probably originally symbolic.

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Adjective

quiver

  1. (Obsolete) Nimble, active.
    Quotations
    • 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.ang:quiver

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