Definition of shake

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Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.

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Shake :: Shake (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Shaky :: Shaky (superl.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber..
Shakedown :: Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose..
Jar :: "Jar (v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith..
Quake :: Quake (v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble..
Quassation :: Quassation (n.) The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken..
Excuss :: Excuss (v. t.) To shake off; to discard.
Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish..
Dodder :: Dodder (v. t. & i.) To shake, tremble, or totter..
Shakespearean :: Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works..
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) 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.
Trilogy :: Trilogy (n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's Henry VI. is an example..
Bead Proof :: Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken..
Raze :: Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root..
Shakerism :: Shakerism (n.) Doctrines of the Shakers.
Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..
Shake :: Shake (n.) The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation..
Shake :: Shake (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music..
Jounce :: Jounce (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
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