squab

n. கட்டுருளி, கொழுத்துக் குட்டையான ஆள், சிறகுமுளையாப் புறாக்குஞ்சு, திண்டு, மெத்தைத் தவிசு, பஞ்சுறைப் பீடம், (பெ.) கொழுத்துக்குட்டையான, சிறுத்துத் தடித்த, (வினையடை.) தொப்பென்று.

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Squab, a. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton. 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King. Squab, n. 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. 2. A person of a short, fat figure. Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope. Squab, adv. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] Defn: With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange. Squab, v. i. Defn: To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]

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