v. Obs. Forms: see SHAKE v. [OE. tosceacan, f. TO-2 + sceacan, SHAKE v.]
1. trans. To shake to pieces, shake asunder; to disperse or destroy by shaking.
a. 1000. Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 214/34. Concutit, i. turbat, terreat, toscæcþ.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., I. 570. He ða to-sceoc þone liʓ of ðam ofne.
a. 1225. Owl & Night., 1647. Þu seyst þat gromes þe ivoþ … & þe to twiccheþ & to schakeþ.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 742. Man and houndes, þat he tok Wiþ his toskes he al to-schok.
1382. Wyclif, Isa. xxiv. 20. With shaking shal be to-shaken the erthe.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., II. 240. The plauntis bigge a depper delf desireth And larger space, as wynd may hem to shake.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., XII. xviii. (1886), 222. In the bloud of Adam death was taken, In the bloud of Christ it was all to shaken.
2. intr. To tremble, quiver, shiver violently.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 22552. All þe erth it sal toscak.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 2528. He broghte on þat brynnyng croke, A brennyng soule þat al to-shoke.
14[?]. Gosp. Nicodemus, 797. Þe erth trembled and al toschoke.
1508. Dunbar, Gold. Targe, 231. With the blast the leuis all to-schake.
