squab

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A fledgling (young) bird.

2. 2

   The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.

   • Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones.
3. 3

   A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.

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   1. 4

      A person of a short, fat figure.

      • Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, / Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan:
   2. 5

      To fall plump

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

   3. 6

      To furnish with squabs, or cushions.

   4. 7

      To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.

   5. 8

      Fat

      Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

      • Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.
      • So on his Nightmare through the evening fog / Flits the squab fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog […].
   6. 9

      Unfledged

      Unfledged; unfeathered.

      • broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons precipitated from above
   7. 10

      Clumsy.

   8. 11

      Curt

      Curt; abrupt.

   9. 12

      Shy

      Shy; coy.

   10. 13

       With a heavy fall

       With a heavy fall; plump.

       • The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock.

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