Quaked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. {Quagmire}.]
     1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
        repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to
        tremble. "Quaking for dread." --Chaucer.
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              She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
              hawk is ready to seize.               --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid,
        as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind;
        as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking
        bogs." --Macaulay.
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