ashake
adj/əˈʃeɪk/
Etymology From a- + shake.
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shaking, aquiver
- "Dunkery Beacon," whispered John, so close into my ear, that I felt his lips and teeth ashake; "dursn't fire it now except to show the Doones way home again, since the naight as they went up and throwed the watchmen atop of it.1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone:
- Then you'll buy her dear,' cried my lady, ashake with rage. '1898, Stanley John Weyman, The Castle Inn:
1 more example
- AT THE WINDOW THE pine-trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter; While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters.1916, D. H. Lawrence, Amores: