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† Quab sb.1. World English Historical Dictionary

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† Quab sb.1. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1910, rev. 2025. † Quab sb.1 Obs. rare. Also 7 quabbe, 8 quobb(e. [a. MDu. (and MLG.) quabbe (Du. kwab, kwabbe, (L)G. quabbe, Da. kvabbe, Sw. qvabba), burbot or eelpout, goby, tadpole; var. of quappe, OLG. quappa.]

1   1.  a. A sea-slug (see HOLOTHURIAN sb.). b. An eelpout or burbot. c. (See QUABLING.)

2 1617.  Minsheu, Ductor, A Quabbe, a kinde of fish … Holothuria. Ibid., A Quabbe, or Eele-powt … Mustela fluviatilis.

3 1748.  Phil. Trans., XLV. 174. An extraordinary Fish in that Country [Russia], called the Quab, which is reported to be first a Tadpole, then a Frog, and at last a Fish.

4 1799.  W. Tooke, View Russian Emp., III. 113. Quobbs are likewise in the Irtysh in surprising numbers.

5   2.  fig. A crude or shapeless thing.

6 1628.  Ford, Lover’s Mel., III. iii. (1629), 49. I will shew your highnes, A trifle of mine owne braine…. A Schollers fancy, A quab. Tis nothing else a very quab.

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