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Webster 1913 Edition


Quaking

Quak′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Quake
,
Verb.
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;
Briza media
and
Briza minor
are the smaller kinds.
(b)
Rattlesnake grass (
Glyceria Canadensis
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Quaking

QUA'KING

,
ppr.
Shaking; trembling.

QUA'KING

,
Noun.
A shaking; tremulous agitation; trepidation.
Dan. 10.

Definition 2024


quaking

quaking

English

Noun

quaking (plural quakings)

  1. The action of the verb to quake.

Adjective

quaking

  1. That shakes or shivers.

Derived terms

Verb

quaking

  1. present participle of quake