'Shaking piece' definitions:

Definition of 'Shaking piece'

From: GCIDE
  • Shake \Shake\, v. i. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter. [1913 Webster]
  • Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there? --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef. [1913 Webster]