The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly
shiver into millions of atoms.
Woodward.
Shiv"er, v. i. [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin. This word
seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.] To tremble; to
vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver.
Swift.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and
hardened, ventures boldly in.
Creech.
Shiv"er, v. t. (Naut.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by
steering close to the wind.
Shiv"er, n. The act of shivering or trembling.
Shiv"er*ing*ly, adv. In a shivering manner.
Shiv"er-spar` (?), n. [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.) A variety of
calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
Shiv"er*y (?), a. 1. Tremulous; shivering. Mallet.