QUAVER

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. Sir I. Newton.

2.
v.

Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

3.
v.

To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison.

4.
n.

A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

5.
n.

An eighth note. See Eighth.

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