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Meaning of QUAB

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Quab\, n. [Cf. D. kwab eelpout, Dan. quabbe, G. quabbe,
    quappe, LG. quabbe a fat lump of flesh, and L. capito a kind
    of fish with a large head, fr. caput the head, also E.
    squab.]
    An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.
    --Ford.
    
  2. \Quab\, v. i.
    See {Quob}, v. i.
    
 
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