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quiver
1. n. (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
2. n. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.
3. n. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
4. n. (mathematics) A multidigraph.
5. adj. (archaic) Nimble, active.
6. v. (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

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I'm all of a quiver.  It's joyful song made my heart quiver.

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