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not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." Macaulay.

One who quakes.

A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.

Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.

The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.

Like a Quaker.

Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay.

Quakerism. [Obs.] Hallywell.

A wagtail.

A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.

cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.

A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear. In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.

A quaking of the sea.

Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.

An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.

Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life. The earthquake voice of victory, To thee the breath of life. Byron.

A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker. [Sportive]

the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Coleridge. To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith.