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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squab  \Squab\,  adv  [Cf.  dial.  Sw  squapp  a  word  imitative  of  a 
  splash,  and  E.  squab  fat,  unfledged.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squab  \Squab\,  v.  i. 
  To  fall  plump;  to  strike  at  one  dash,  or  with  a  heavy  stroke. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squab  \Squab\,  a.  [Cf.  dial.  Sw  sqvabb  a  soft  and  fat  body, 
  sqvabba  a  fat  woman,  Icel.  kvap  jelly,  jellylike  things  and 
  and  E.  quab.] 
  1.  Fat;  thick;  plump;  bulky. 
 
  Nor  the  squab  daughter  nor  the  wife  were  nice. 
  --Betterton. 
 
  2.  Unfledged;  unfeathered;  as  a  squab  pigeon.  --King. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squab  \Squab\,  n. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squab 
  adj  :  short  and  fat  [syn:  {squabby}] 
  n  1:  flesh  of  a  pigeon  suitable  for  roasting  or  braising;  flesh 
  of  a  dove  (young  squab)  may  be  broiled  [syn:  {dove}] 
  2:  a  soft  padded  sofa 
  3:  an  unfledged  pigeon 




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