| Squab |
Fat; thick; plump; bulky. |
a. |
| Squab |
Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. |
a. |
| Squab |
A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. |
n. |
| Squab |
A person of a short, fat figure. |
n. |
| Squab |
A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. |
n. |
| Squab |
With a heavy fall; plump. |
adv. |
| Squab |
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. |
v. i. |
| Chick |
To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. |
v. i. |
| Chick |
A chicken. |
n. |
| Chick |
A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. |
n. |
| Chick-pea |
A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram. |
n. |
| Chick-pea |
Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts. |
n. |