shaking

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHA'KING, participle present tense Impelling to a wavering motion; causing to vacillate or waver; agitating. 2. Trembling; shivering; quaking. SHA'KING, noun 1. The act of shaking or agitating; brandishing. 2. Concussion. 3. A trembling or shivering.
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