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Bible Dictionaries
Shiver
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A thin slice; a shive.
(2):
(n.) A variety of blue slate.
(3):
(n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
(4):
(n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
(5):
(n.) A spindle.
(6):
(n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; - generally used in the plural.
(7):
(v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
(8):
(v. i.) To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
(9):
(v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
(10):
(v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
(11):
(n.) The act of shivering or trembling.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shiver'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/shiver.html. 1828.
