Qua"ver , n.
1. A shake,
or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or
of an instrument of music.
2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
Qua"ver , v. t. To utter with quavers.
We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera.
Addison.
Qua"ver , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quavering.]
[OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG. quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.] 1.
To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. Sir I. Newton.
2. Especially, to shake the
voice; to utter or form
sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
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