[onomatopœic: suggested by full, chub, etc.]
† 1. A small chubby person. Chiefly used as a term of endearment. Obs.
1614. T. Freeman, Rub & Great Cast, xliv. Caspia, that same fowle deformed Fubs.
1678. Otway, Friendship in F., III. i. So farewell Fubb. Ibid. (1681), Soldier’s Fort., I. i. Dead, my poor Fubses!
1685. Crowne, Sir C. Nice, v. 48. ’Tis he that I told you is to marry my Indian Fubs of a Sister.
1694. Echard, Plautus, Rudens, II. viii. Here’s the Water, my little Fubs ye!
1721. Bailey, Fub, as a fat Fub, a little plump Child.
2. (See quots.)
1807. Public Char., Ld. Somerville, 213. It is the custom in Spain and adopted here with our Merino wool, to divide or sort the fleece into three portions of different qualities, namely into rafinos, finos, and terceros; or superfine, fine, and fubs or refuse.
1882. Lanc. Gloss., Fub, long withered grass on old pastures or meadows.
