Obs. exc. dial. (quob). [var. of QUAP v.; cf. G. quabbeln in same sense.] intr. To beat, throb, quiver. Hence Quabbing ppl. a.
1663. Flagellum, or O. Cromwell (1672), 123. A dangerous impostume [printed -ure] of ambition, whose quabbing, beating pains gaue them no rest.
1863. Barnes, Dorset Gloss., Quob, to quiver, like jelly.
1881. Leicester Gloss., Quob, to throb.
