Quab

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quob \Quob\ (kw[o^]b), v. i. [Cf. {Quaver}.] [Written also
     {quop} and {quab}.]
     To throb; to quiver. [Local & Vulgar]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quab \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quab \Quab\, v. i.
     See {Quob}, v. i.
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