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quab en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kwɒb/

Meanings

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 1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
quabs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

quab en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kwɒb/

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
quabbed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
quabbed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
quabbing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
quabs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic