Quab
Quab , noun
[Compare Dutch kwab eelpout, Danish quabbe, German quabbe, quappe, LG. quabbe a fat lump of flesh, and Latin capito a kind of fish with a large head, from caput the head, also English squab.]
An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished. — Ford
Quab , intransitive verb
See Quob, v. i.