Ashake
//əˈʃeɪk// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 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."
Example
More examples""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."
Etymology
From a- + shake.
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