\Squab\, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body,
sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and
and E. quab.]
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
         Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.
                                               --Betterton.
2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. --King.

\Squab\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird,
   esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
2. A person of a short, fat figure.
         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.]