queck Smith-Hall queck: O. E. (perh. = quake): to shrink, to show pain (Bacon): contrĕmisco, mŭi, 3: tr. to q. at, periculum c., Hor. Od. 2, 12, 8: cf. Sen. Ep. 65, fin., non contremiscamus injurias, non vulnera, non vincula, non egestatem.