Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shake; tremble; quiver; throb; flutter.
- noun A bog or quagmire.
- noun A fish, the eel-pout or miller's-thumb.
- noun A gudgeon. Also
quabling and quap. - noun A squab, or other unfledged young bird. See
squab . - noun Something immature or crude.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.
- intransitive verb See
quob , v. i.
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Examples
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Sir T. Hanner reads _quab_, a _gudgeon_; not that a gudgeon can be _rubbed_ to much
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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"They call it quap, or quab, or quabb," said Gordon-Nasmyth; "but our relations weren't friendly enough to get the accent right ....
Tono Bungay 1906
whichbe commented on the word quab
To throb; to quiver. (from Phrontistery)
May 23, 2008
truthisbrief commented on the word quab
"A crude or shapeless thing." (Via the OED.)
April 22, 2011