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If Nature abhors a vacuum, she does so especially when, after twelve days of a fluctuating and predatory existence, the well-shaken traveller at last finds a stable foundation for self and victuals.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

The filtrate is then poured into a cylinder capable of holding 100 cubic centimeters, and furnished with a scale; sufficient distilled water is then added until the well-shaken fluid measures precisely 100 cubic centimeters.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

The title was borrowed from a previous society at Perugia, the Accademia degli Scossi, of the well-shaken.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

This man accompanied me to the house, and pointed to the spot where I should find the person I sought, snoring on his well-shaken bundles of straw.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore