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Word Meanings - BRANDLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To shake; to totter.

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  • SHAKE
    obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer.
  • TOTTER
    1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. "As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence." Ps. lxii. 3. 2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Troy nods from high,
  • SHAKESPEAREAN
    Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his
  • SHAKEN
    1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough. 2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2. Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. Barroe. 3. Impaired, as by a shock.
  • TOTTERY
    Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking. Johnson.
  • TOTTERINGLY
    In a tottering manner.
  • SHAKER
    A variety of pigeon. P. J. Selby. (more info) 1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken. 2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms
  • SHAKERISM
    Doctrines of the Shakers.
  • SHAKEFORK
    A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
  • TOTTERER
    One who totters.
  • SHAKEDOWN
    A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. Sir W. Scott.
  • SHAKERESS
    A female Shaker.
  • WIND-SHAKEN
    Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
  • TITTER-TOTTER
    See TEETER
  • OVERSHAKE
    To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. Chaucer.
  • TETTER-TOTTER
    A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter- totter, and titter-cum-totter.
  • HEADSHAKE
    A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial. Shak.
  • CUP SHAKE
    A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots.
  • NERVE-SHAKEN
    Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked.
  • UNSHAKED
    Unshaken. Shak.

 

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