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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.

Quab

Quab\, v. i. See Quob, v. i.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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