Quab (?), n. [Cf. D. kwab eelpout, Dan. quabbe, G. quabbe, quappe, LG. quabbe a fat lump of flesh, and L. capito a kind of fish with a large head, fr. caput the head, also E. squab.]

An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.

Ford.

 

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Quab, v. i.

See Quob, v. i.

 

© Webster 1913.

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