SQUAB

Source: 566, 567

squab. Squab, a. thick and stout, fat, short, unfeathered

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Squab (skwŏb), a. [[Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and E. quab.]] 1. 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton. 2. 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.