Obs. exc. dial. (quob). Also 7 quabbe. [= Du. kwabbe a boggy place; cf. MLG. quabbel slime, and see QUAG.] A marshy spot, a bog. Cf. QUABWIRE.

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1617.  Minsheu, Ductor, A Quabbe, or quagmire.

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a. 1656.  Ussher, Ann., VI. (1658), 596. Defended by the Mæotis and those quabs.

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1847.  Halliwell Quob, a quicksand or bog. West.

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1879.  Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., Quob, a marshy spot in a field; a quagmire.

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