a. rare. [f. SQUAB a.] Somewhat squab or squat.
1666. G. Harvey, Morb. Angl., xii. 135. The dyets of two Nations … rendring those of a squabbish lardy habit of body; us of a thinner … appearance.
1784. J. Barry, Lect. Art, ii. (1848), 94. Excesses and deficiencies in the human form,… squabbish and short.
