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Shaken

SHAKEN, pp. sha'kn. 1. Impelled with a vacillating motion; agitated. 2. a. Cracked or split; as shaken timber. Nor is the wood shaken nor twisted, as those about Capetown. Barrow. [Our mechanics usually pronou...

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SHAKEN, pp. sha'kn.

1. Impelled with a vacillating motion; agitated.

2. a. Cracked or split; as shaken timber.

Nor is the wood shaken nor twisted, as those about Capetown. Barrow.

[Our mechanics usually pronounce this shaky, forming the word from shake, like pithy, from pith.]

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