noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An unfledged bird; squab, or (by extension, obsolete) Something immature or unfinished.

   "You’ll take it well enough; a scholar's fancy, A quab; ’tis nothing else, a very quab"

Verb

1. 1
   Alternative form of quob. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms

nestling

Example

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"You’ll take it well enough; a scholar's fancy, A quab; ’tis nothing else, a very quab"

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