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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quaking, -eing, ppl. adj. [Late ME (Lydgate) and e.m.E.: cf. Quakand.] Quaking, trembling; ? with quaking or quaky voice. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 156.
Quaking Drede, wyth humble Obedience 1661 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 110.
After a long quakeing discours
