Defn: The state of being quaky; liability to quake.
QUAKING
Quak"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. — Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. — Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis).
QUAKINGLY
Quak"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney.
QUAKY
Quak"y, a.
Defn: Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
QUALIFIABLE
Qual"i*fi`a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow.
QUALIFICATION
Qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify.]