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ShiverShiver Shiv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shivering.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD.
scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.]
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to
dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton. ShiverShiver Shiv"er, n. [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a
splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a
slate. See Shive, and cf. Skever.]
1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a
brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally
used in the plural. ``All to shivers dashed.' --Milton.
2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``A shiver of
their own loaf.' --Fuller.
Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. --Chaucer.
3. (Geol.) A variety of blue slate.
4. (Naut.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window
shutter.
6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shiver
Shiver Shiv"er, v. i.
To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be
shattered.
There shiver shafts upon shields thick. --Chaucer
The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . .
would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.
--Woodward.
Shiver
Shiver Shiv"er, v. i. [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain
origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to
shatter.]
To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or
fear.
Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver. --Swift.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled
and hardened, ventures boldly in. --Creech.
Shiver
Shiver Shiv"er, v. t. (Naut.)
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to
the wind.
Shiver
Shiver Shiv"er, n.
The act of shivering or trembling.
Meaning of SHIVER from wikipedia
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Shivering (also
called shuddering) is a
bodily function in
response to cold and
extreme fear in warm-blooded animals. When the core body
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Shiver me timbers" (or "
shiver my timbers" in
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shiver my
timbers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Shiver My
timbers (or My)
Timbers may
refer to:
Shiver my timbers, an
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Shiver and
Shake was a
British comic magazine published every Monday by IPC
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March 1973 to 5
October 1974, when...
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known informally as pee
shivers or **** shivers, is the
experience of
shivering during or
after urination. The
syndrome seems to be
experienced equally...
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Postanesthetic shivering (PAS) is
shivering after anesthesia.
Postanesthetic shivering is one of the
leading causes of
discomfort in
patients recovering...
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American thriller film
directed by
Julian Richards,
based on the 1992
novel of the same name by
Brian Harper. The film
stars Danielle...
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