What is to utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison called?
quaver — To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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