quab Meaning, Definition & Usage

Quab noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished. Ford.
Quab intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. See Quob, v. i.

Webster 1913