The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ee (kwiver). II. [< quirer^, v.] The actor statu of quiveriug; a tremulous motion; atremor; aflutter; a shudder; a shiver. But Figs, all whose limbs were in a quiver, and whosenostrils were breathing rage, put his little bottle-holdernside. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, v. quiver- (kwiver), n. [< ME. quiver, quyver,(jui/u-cve, quequer, < OF. quirre, ciiivre, qiievre,ciicvre, coivre, eouvre (ML. cucurum = ), .koker = OS. co-enr =
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ee (kwiver). II. [< quirer^, v.] The actor statu of quiveriug; a tremulous motion; atremor; aflutter; a shudder; a shiver. But Figs, all whose limbs were in a quiver, and whosenostrils were breathing rage, put his little bottle-holdernside. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, v. quiver- (kwiver), n. [< ME. quiver, quyver,(jui/u-cve, quequer, < OF. quirre, ciiivre, qiievre,ciicvre, coivre, eouvre (ML. cucurum = ), .koker = OS. co-enr = = AS. co-cur, cocer, = Sw. ko-;ier = , a quiver.]A case forholding arrowsor crossbow-bolts. Quiverswere fonnerlynearly as long asthe arrows, so thatonly the feathersprojected, theseIteing eoveicd by apiece of leather orcloth when notlikely to be re-<lired. MedievalarcheiT* in wargenerally used thequiver on themarch only, andin battle caniedtheir arrows. Mon(jol Quiver. arrow. small cured by a strap, usually with the addition ofsocket in which the points only were covered. Hut Moaeo did vs more service tlien we expected, for, having shot away his iiiiin-r of Amnvea, he ran to the Boat for more. Quoted in Cnpt. John .Smiths Works, I. 188. Now in her hand a slender spear she bore, Now a light quiver on her shoulders wore. Addison, tr. of Ovids Metamorph., (kwivi-rd), «. [< quiver^, n., + -frf2.] 1. Fiirnislied with a quiver; wearing a quiver. 1 he miiverd Arabs vagrant clan, that waitsInsidious some rich caravan. J. Philip, Cerealia,Him, thus retreating, Artemis quiverd huntress of the sylvan shailes. Pope, Iliad, xxi. 646. 2. ITelil or covered in or as it in a quiver: saidof a feathered arrow, or, as in the quotation, ofa quill. From him whose qutlla stand quiverd at his earTo him who notches sticks at vVestminster. PoiK, Imit, of Horace, I. 1. 8.}.quivering (kwiver-ing). M. [Verbal n. ofquivcrK r
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