upquiver

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ quiver.

Verb

upquiver (third-person singular simple present upquivers, present participle upquivering, simple past and past participle upquivered)

1. (poetic) To quiver upward.
   • 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables:

     Either it was one of those upquivering flashes of the spirit, to which minds in an abnormal state are liable, or else the artist had subtly touched some chord that made musical vibration.

   • 1912, Mary Johnston, Cease Firing:

     She saw the air upquivering from the baked earth, the ruined wall.