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the back-mounted ammo dispenser that turned every archer into a walking, lethal pencil case.
means To shake with small, rapid, trembling movements — or, as a noun, the case an archer wears to hold arrows.
from Two different words wearing the same coat. The 'tremble' sense comes from Middle English 'quiveren,' likely related to the older 'cwiver' meaning nimble or quick. The arrow-case sense traveled a different road: through Old French 'quivre' or 'cuivre,' from a Germanic source (compare Old High German 'kohhar') — and the same ancient root surfaces in the English 'cocker.' So the shaking and the arrow-box are not relatives; they just happen to spell the same.
- meaning split
- Holds arrows, or means to tremble nervously
- capacity
- Typical war quivers held about 24 arrows
- hip not back
- Medieval archers often wore them at the waist
- bible verse
- Many children compared to a full quiver
- physics name
- A field of arrows is called a quiver plot
arrow container — traditional leather tube worn by archers to hold arrows during hunting or archery
trembling movement — involuntary shaking, as in 'a quiver in her voice' or physical trembling from cold