Definition of quake

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Quake (v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake..

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Terremote :: Terremote (n.) An earthquake.
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Quakness :: Quakness (n.) The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
Earthdin :: Earthdin (n.) An earthquake.
Seismometer :: Seismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions..
Seismology :: Seismology (n.) The science of earthquakes.
Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..
Quakerism :: Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..
Quook :: Quook () imp. of Quake.
Seismometry :: Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space..
Quaked :: Quaked (imp. & p. p.) of Quak.
Seismograph :: Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
Earthquave :: Earthquave (n.) An earthquake.
Fleshquake :: Fleshquake (n.) A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.
Icequake :: Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold..
Squeaking :: Squaked (imp.& p. p.) of Squea.
Quaker :: Quaker (n.) One who quakes.
Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms..
Broadbrim :: Broadbrim (n.) A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
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