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 Shake n.
 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
 The great soldier's honor was composed
 Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake.   --Herbert.
    Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand.   --Addison.
 2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
 3. A fissure in rock or earth.
 4. Mus. 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. One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
 6. A shook of staves and headings.
 7. Zool. 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.]
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