ashake

English

Etymology

a- +‎ shake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈʃeɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

Adjective

ashake (comparative more ashake, superlative most ashake)

1. shaking, aquiver
   • 1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone‎^[1]:

     "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.

   • 1898, Stanley John Weyman, The Castle Inn‎^[2]:

     Then you'll buy her dear,' cried my lady, ashake with rage. '

   • 1916, D. H. Lawrence, Amores‎^[3]:

     AT THE WINDOW THE pine-trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter; While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters.

Anagrams

• Haakes, hakeas