quake

QUAKE, v.i.

1. To shake; to tremble; to be agitated with quick but short motions continually repeated; to shudder. Thus we say, a person quakes with fear or terror, or with cold. Heb. 12.

2. To shake with violent convulsions, as well as with trembling; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. Neh. 1.

3. To shake, tremble or move, as the earth under the feet; as the quaking mud.

QUAKE, v.t. To frighten; to throw into agitation. [Not used.]

QUAKE, n. A shake; a trembling; a shudder; a tremulous agitation.