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Shake \Shake\,
obs. p. p. of {Shake}. --Chaucer.
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Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook},
obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS.
scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to
depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.]
1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move
rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or
shiver; to agitate.
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As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13.
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Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
That shake heaven's basis. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of;
to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
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When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by
his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
--Atterbury.
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Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake
a note in music.
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4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting
or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally
with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down
from a tree.
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Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
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'Tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age.
--Shak.
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I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
--Bunyan.
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{To shake a cask} (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack
the staves.

{To shake hands}, to perform the customary act of civility by
clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting,
farewell, good will, agreement, etc.

{To shake out a reef} (Naut.), to untile the reef points and
spread more canvas.

{To shake the bells}. See under {Bell}.

{To shake the sails} (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing
the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Shake \Shake\, v. i.
To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble;
to shiver; to quake; to totter.
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Under his burning wheels
The steadfast empyrean shook throughout,
All but the throne itself of God. --Milton.
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What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there?
--Beau. & Fl.
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{Shaking piece}, a name given by butchers to the piece of
beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of
{Beef}.
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Shake \Shake\, n.
1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering
motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling,
quaking, or shivering; agitation.
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The great soldier's honor was composed
Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake.
--Herbert.
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Our salutations were very hearty on both sides,
consisting of many kind shakes of the hand.
--Addison.
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2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried
too suddenly. --Gwilt.
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3. A fissure in rock or earth.
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4. (Mus.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with
another represented on the next degree of the staff above
or below it; a trill.
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5. (Naut.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken
apart. --Totten.
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6. A shook of staves and headings. --Knight.
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7. (Zool.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its
head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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{No great shakes}, of no great importance. [Slang] --Byron.

{The shakes}, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]
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