Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUAKING
ppr. Shaking; trembling.
QUAKING
n.A shaking; tremulous agitation; trepidation. Daniel 1 :7.
QUAKING-GRASS
n.An herb.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUAKING
QUAKING Quak "ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot. ), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides ), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. -- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. -- Quaking grass. (Bot. ) (a ) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b ) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis ).
QUAKINGLY
QUAKINGLY Quak "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quaking bog
quak ing bog ▶noun a bog formed over water or soft mud that shakes underfoot.
quaking grass
quak ing grass ▶noun a slender-stalked grass with oval or heart-shaped flower heads that tremble in the wind. [Genus Briza, family Gramineae: several species, including B. media, which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental. ]
Oxford Dictionary
quaking bog
quak ¦ing bog ▶noun a bog formed over water or soft mud, which shakes underfoot.
quaking grass
quak ¦ing grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a slender-stalked grass with oval or heart-shaped flower heads which tremble in the wind. ●Genus Briza, family Gramineae: several species, including B. media, which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
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