Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shivering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shivered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Shivering}.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD.
scheveren. See {Shiver} a fragment.]
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to
dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shivering
adj 1: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or
cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a
quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more";
"quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking
knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light
from the shivering crystals of the chandelier";
"trembling hands" [syn: {quaking}, {quivering}, {shaking},
{shaky}, {trembling}]
2: of persons and animals; feeling no warmth; "got chilled at
the football game"; "shivering in her thin coat" [syn: {chilled}]
n : a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an
infection and the development of a fever [syn: {chill}]
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