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See Quaver. [Obs.]

See Quagmire. [Obs.]

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

One who quavers; a warbler.

A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver. [R.]

A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.

An earthquake.

A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

Turning or dipping in any or every direction.

A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.

A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore.

A quaver. [Obs.]

having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

lf a hemisphere, destroying 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.

ivisions of a thing. Eighth note (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.

A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented. Polka jacket, a kind of knit jacket worn by women.

A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.

To quaver. [Obs.] See Quob.

To die. [Obs.] Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. Spenser.