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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.

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.

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.

See Quaver. [Obs.]

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

A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

ich anything is divided. Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.

divided. Sixty-fourth note (Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver.