Quiv"er, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Quivered (-ẽrd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Quivering.] [Cf. Quaver.] To shake or
move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to
shudder; to shiver.
The green leaves quiver with the cooling
wind.
Shak.
And left the limbs still quivering on the
ground.
Addison.Quiv"er, n. The act or state of
quivering; a tremor.
Quiv"er, n. [OF. cuivre,
cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG.
chohhāri quiver, receptacle, G. köcher
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.
Beside him hung his bow
And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored.
Milton.Quiv"er (kwĭv"ẽr), a.
[Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven,
kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.] Nimble; active.
[Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." Shak.