Bunyan.
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.
Shake, v. i. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to
tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout,
All but the throne itself of God.
Milton.
What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there?
Beau. & Fl.
Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from
the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef.
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.
The great soldier's honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which
could endure a shake.
Herbert.
Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many
kind shakes of the hand.
Addison.
2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too
suddenly. Gwilt.