4. (Mus.)
Defn: A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
5. (Naut.)
Defn: One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. Totten.
6. A shook of staves and headings. Knight.
7. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The redshank; — so called from the nodding of its head while
on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] No great shakes, of no great importance.
[Slang] Byron.
— The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]
SHAKEDOWN
Shake"down`, n.
Defn: A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; — perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. Sir W. Scott.
SHAKEFORK
Shake"fork`, n.