SQUAB

a. n. adv. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton.

2.
a.

Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

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

5.
n.

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.

6.
adv.

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.

7.
v.

To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]

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