- 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Quake Source: opted
- 2. a. & n. from Quake, v. Source: opted
- 3. a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. -- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. -- Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis). Source: webster
- 4. a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an Americanspecies of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremblein the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. SeeAspen.-- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water thatit shakes when trodden upon.-- Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genusBriza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, whichquake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quakinggrass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnakegrass (Glyceria Canadensis). Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 v shake with fast, tremulous movements v shake with seismic vibrations Source: ecdict
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