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▪ I. ˈearthquaking, vbl. n.
[f. earthquake + -ing1; in first quot. f. earth n.1 + quaking.]
†a. = earthquake (obs.).
b. The occurrence of earthquakes.
c. attrib.
c1400Mandeville viii. 84 When the Jewes hadden made the Temple, com an Erthe quakeng, and caste it doun. 1883Pall Mall G. 6 Apr. 31/2 The constant earthquaking has ceased.
▪ II. ˈearthquaking, ppl. a.
[f. earth n.1 + quaking; also f. earthquake + -ing2.]
a. Causing the earth to shake. Also fig.
¶b. Subject to earthquakes.
1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 72 Jove shaking his earth⁓quaking haire. 1820Shelley Witch Atl. xlii, The earth⁓quaking cataracts which shiver Their snow-like waters into golden air. 1881Contemp. Rev. Apr. 570 But here amid earthquaking shocks Whirlwinds rave around the rocks. 1881Athenæum 27 Aug., That..earth-quaking spot which was selected by the Spanish leader for the site of his capital (Lima). 1887Illust. Lond. News 19 Mar. 306/3, I have travelled a good deal in earthquaking lands. |