Nimble; active.
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To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
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To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
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Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
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Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
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To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
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To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…
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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
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The state of being fearful.
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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
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Capability of motion; contractility.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…
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To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.
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To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
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The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.
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A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.
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To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
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To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
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Palpitating; throbbing; trembling.
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Palpitating; throbbing; trembling.
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of Shake
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of Shake
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Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
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Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
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Tremulous; shivering.
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Tremulous; shivering.
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To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
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To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
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of Beat
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A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
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To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
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To flutter.
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To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
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A sudden brief thrill, shiver or wave of excitement.
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To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of…
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A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
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To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
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To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
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of Quiver
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Quality of being shaky.
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of Shake
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One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.
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To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
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A warbling; a trill.
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To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
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The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…
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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
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