"Shaker" 1781, antedates OED sense 4.b. 1784-

Sat Jul 10 04:02:54 UTC 2010

Oops -- "king" below should be "kind".  (But the typo leads to
bemused wonderings.)

At 7/9/2010 12:31 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> From several parts of the country, we are informed of the
>extraordinary behavior of a number of people, who appear to be
>actuated by a king of religious frenzy; they are commonly called Shakers.

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