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Shake (?), obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer.
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Shake, v. t. [imp. Shook (?); p. p. Shaken (?), (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. √161. Cf. Shock, v.]
1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
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As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Rev. vi. 13.
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Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
That shake heaven's basis. Milton.
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2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
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When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. Atterbury.
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Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, “to shake a note in music”.
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4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, “to shake fruit down from a tree”.
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Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak.
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'Tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age. Shak.
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I could scarcely shake him out of my company. Bunyan.
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To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves. -- To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. -- To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas. -- To shake the bells. See under Bell. -- To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Shake, v. i. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
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Under his burning wheels
The steadfast empyrean shook throughout,
All but the throne itself of God. Milton.
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What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there? Beau. & Fl.
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Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef.
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Shake (?), n.
1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
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The great soldier's honor was composed
Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake. Herbert.
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Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. Addison.
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2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly. Gwilt.
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3. A fissure in rock or earth.
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4. (Mus.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
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5. (Naut.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. Totten.
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6. A shook of staves and headings. Knight.
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7. (Zool.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] Byron. -- The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]
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