Careful Words

shiver (n.)

shiver (v.)

Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey?

And why does thy nose look so blue?

Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809): Gaffer Grey.

The Grave, dread thing!

Men shiver when thou 'rt named: Nature, appall'd,

Shakes off her wonted firmness.

Robert Blair (1699-1747): The Grave. Part i. Line 9.