quiver
I. quiv·er1 (kwĭvʹər)intr.v. quiv·ered, quiv·er·ing, quiv·ers To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement. See Synonyms at shake.n. The act or motion of quivering. [Middle English quiveren, perhaps from quiver, nimble (from Old English cwifer-. See gʷei- in Indo-European Roots).] quivʹer·ing·ly adv.quivʹer·y adj. II. quiv·er2 (kwĭvʹər)belt model© School Division, Houghton Mifflin Companyn. 1. A portable case for holding arrows. 2. A case full of arrows. 3. A collection or store; arsenal: a quiver of ready responses. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, variant of Old French cuivre, from Old Low Franconian cocar, probably from Medieval Latin cucurum, probably from Hunnish; akin to Mongolian kökür.]
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