Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quab"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quab \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quab \Quab\, v. i.
See {Quob}, v. i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quob \Quob\, v. i. [Cf. {Quaver}.] [Written also {quop} and
{quab}.]
To throb; to quiver. [Local & Vulgar]
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