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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quaver/ˈkweɪvə(r)/

▶verb (of a voice) tremble. ▶noun

1 a tremble in a voice.

2 Music, chiefly Brit. a note having the value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem.

– derivatives
quavering adjective,
quaveringly adverb,
quavery adjective.

– origin ME: from dial. quave ‘quake, tremble’, prob. from an OE word rel. to quake.

'quaver' also found in these Oxford entries:

eighth note - hook - quiver - semiquaver

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