King James Bible Dictionary

SHIV'ER, noun

1. In mineralogy, a species of blue slate; shist; shale.

2. In seamen's language, a little wheel; a sheeve.

SHIV'ER, verb transitive [supra. Qu. Heb. to break in pieces. Class Br. No.26.] To break into many small pieces or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow.

The ground with shiver'd armor strown. Milton.

SHIV'ER, verb intransitive

1. To fell at once into many small pieces or parts.

The natural world, should gravity once cease, would instantly shiver into of millions of atoms. Woodward.

2. To quake; to tremble; to shudder; to shake, as with cold, ague; fear or horror.

The man that shiver'd on the brink of sin. Dryden.

Prometeus is laid

On icy Caucasus to shiver. Swift.

3. To be affected with a thrilling sensation, like that of chillness.

Any very harsh noise will set the teeth on edge, and make all the body shiver.

Shak.

SHIV'ER, noun

1. A small piece or fragment into which a thing breaks by any sudden violence.

He would pound thee into shivers with his fist, as a sailor breaks his biscuit.

Shak.

2. A slice; a sliver.

SHIV'ERED, participle passive Broken or dashed into small pieces.

SHIV'ERING, participle present tense

1. Breaking or dashing into small pieces.

2. Quaking; trembling; shaking, as with cold or fear.

SHIV'ERING, noun

1. The act of breaking or dashing to pieces; division; severance.

2. A trembling; a shaking with cold or fear.

SHIV'ER-SP'AR, noun A corbonate of lime, so called for its slaty structure; called also slate-spar.

SHIV'ERY, adjective Easily falling inot many pieces; not firmly cohering; incompact; as shivery stone.