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  • 41shaking palsy — /ʃeɪkɪŋ ˈpɔlzi/ (say shayking pawlzee) noun a disease of the brain, characterised by tremors, especially of fingers and hands, rigidity of muscles, slowness of movements and speech, and a mask like, expressionless face; Parkinson s disease …

  • 42shaking chill — noun : a chill of severe degree …

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  • 43shaking grate — noun : a grate that can be shaken to drop ashes accumulated at the base of the bed of coals …

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  • 44shaking prairie — noun : a plain of delta land (as in Louisiana) with a soil of matted vegetable mold resting upon water, peat, or quicksands and vibrating to the tread …

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  • 45shaking quaker — noun Usage: usually capitalized S&Q : shaker 2a …

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  • 46shaking table — noun : a table used for concentrating ores compare wilfley table …

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  • 47Earthquake shaking table — There are several different experimental techniques that can be used to test the response of structures to verify their seismic performance, one of which is the use of an earthquake shaking table. This is a device for shaking structural models or …

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  • 48earth-shaking — adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; as, earth shaking proposals; an earth shaking event. Syn: world shaking, world shattering(predicate), world shattering(predicate). [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 49Like Shaking Hands with God — is a book which consists of two conversations between Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer with Ross Klavan as moderator and containing a foreword by Daniel Simon. It was published in 1999. The first conversation occurred on October 1 1998, at a book… …

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  • 50be shaking in your boots — be shaking in (your) boots/shoes to be very frightened or anxious. Damon was shaking in his shoes when he heard all the shouting …

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