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squab |
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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