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English

Noun

  1. A baby pigeon.
  2. A baby rook.
  3. A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.


Synonyms

  • (baby pigeon): piper, pigeon chick, young pigeon
  • (baby rook): rook chick, young rook


Translations

  • French: {{t+|fr|pigeonneau|m}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Hungarian:

Category:Baby animals Category:Furniture

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Squab \Squab\ (skw[o^]b), a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and
fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike
things, and E. quab.]
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
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Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.
--Betterton.
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2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. --King.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Squab \Squab\, n.
1. (Zool.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp.
when very fat and not fully fledged.
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2. A person of a short, fat figure.
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Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. --Cowper.
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3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the
seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
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Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. --Dickens.
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On her large squab you find her spread. --Pope.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Squab \Squab\, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a
splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.]
With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar]
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The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and
dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. --L'Estrange.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Squab \Squab\, v. i.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
[Obs.]
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WordNet squab
adj : short and fat [syn: squabby]
n 1: flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh
of a dove (young squab) may be broiled [syn: dove]
2: a soft padded sofa
3: an unfledged pigeon
Moby Dictionary
Cornish hen , avifauna , baby bird , bear , bird , bird of Jove ,
bird of Juno , bird of Minerva , bird of night , bird of passage ,
bird of prey , birdie , birdlife , birdy , broiler , cage bird , caille ,
canard , caneton , capon , chapon , chick , chicken , crowd , crush ,
cygnet , dindon , diving bird , dove , duck , duckling , dumpy , eagle ,
eaglet , faisan , fish-eating bird , fledgling , flightless bird , fowl ,
fruit-eating bird , fryer , fulmar , game bird , goose , grouse ,
guinea hen , insect-eating bird , jam , migrant , migratory bird ,
nestling , oie , oscine bird , owl , partridge , passerine bird ,
peacock , peafowl , peahen , perching bird , pheasant , pigeon ,
pigeonneau , poulet , push , quail , ratite , roaster , sea bird ,
seed-eating bird , shore bird , slop , songbird , squash , squeeze ,
squish , stewing chicken , storm petrel , stormy petrel , stubby ,
stumpy , swan , thick , thickset , turkey , volaille , wading bird ,
warbler , water bird , waterfowl , wild duck , wildfowl


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