tremor, tremour

[Lat., from tremo=to tremble; Sp. & Port. tremor; Ital. tremore.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A shaking, quivering, or trembling motion. "From every stroke there continues a tremor in the bell." - More: Immort , of the Soul , bk. ii., ch. ii. 2. An involuntary trembling; a shivering or shaking; a state of trembling. "It affects the nerves, occasioning tremors."-Arbuth not: On Aliments. "Modern research has shown a typical earthquake to consist of a series of small tremors , succeeded by a shock, or series of shocks, separated by more or le irregular vibrations of the ground."-Milne: Earthquakes, p. 12. *trěm-or-le , a . [Eng. tremor; -le .] Free from any tremor, quivering, or shaking. "He sent his eyes round the jet-like circle and found every tip of radiance in it tremorle ."-London Daily Telegraph . *trěm-u-lant, *trěm'-u-lent, a. & s. [Latin tremulus , from tremo =to tremble.] A. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang.: Trembling, tremulous. "Haple de Brézé, doomed to survive long ages, in men's memory, in this faint way with tremulent white men" Carlyle: French Revol ., pt. i., bk. v., ch 2. Music : Consisting of or employing tremulants. "Stay this tremulant epidemic which is destroying Italian vocalization." -Pati Mall Gazette. B. As substantive: Music : 1. The same as TREMOLANT (q. v.). 2. The same as TREMOLO (q. v.). "Patti can do this... with hardly a quiver or a tremu lant."- Pall Mall Gazette . *trěm-u-lā-tion, s . [TREMULOUS.] Tremulous ne . "I was struck with such a terrible tremulation ." T. Brown : Works , ii. 236.