Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese
fan.
Cowper.
3. 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.
Squab, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E.
squab fat, unfledged.] 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.
Squab, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy
stroke. [Obs.]
Squa*bash" (?), v. t. To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang,
Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Squab"bish (?), a. Thick; fat; heavy.
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Squab"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Squabbling (?).] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to
struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.