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Pronunciation : Squab
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.]
Definition : 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton.

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squab
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

2. A person of a short, fat figure. Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.

3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squab
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.]
Definition : Defn: With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squab
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913