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Webster 1913 Edition


Shaken

Shak′en

,
Adj.
1.
Caused to shake; agitated;
as, a
shaken
bough
.
2.
Cracked or checked; split. See
Shake
,
Noun.
, 2.
Nor is the wood
shaken
or twisted.
Barroe.
3.
Impaired, as by a shock.

Webster 1828 Edition


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 pronounce this shaky, forming the word from shake, like pithy, from pith.]

Definition 2024


shaken

shaken

English

Verb

shaken

  1. past participle of shake