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Squab (skwŏb), a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and E. quab.] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
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Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton.
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2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.
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Squab, n. 1. (Zo&ö;l.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
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2. A person of a short, fat figure.
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Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.
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3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
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Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens.
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On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.
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Squab, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar]
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The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange.
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Squab, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]
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