SQUAB (3)

squab (3). Squab, v.i. to fall down plump or heavily

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Squab, adv. [[Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.]] With a heavy fall; plump. The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange.