[f. QUAVER v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb., in various senses.

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1552.  Huloet, Quauerynge, vibratio.

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1577.  trans. Bullinger’s Decades (1592), 932. A Hymne … may bee humblie vttered without quauering of the voice.

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1634.  Wither, Embl., 82. T’will cause a thousand quaverings in your breast.

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1706.  A. Bedford, Temple Mus., vii. 158. Tebhir … may denote a Shake or Quavering of the Voice.

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1826.  Scott, Woodst., i. The … Mayor then interrupted the quavering of … the clerk.

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1892.  E. Reeves, Homeward Bound, 222. A buzzing, humming sound … with quaverings on its sharp and flat.

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