Quab

n. [D. kwab, Dan. qvabbe, Sw. qvabba, N. H. Ger. quabbe, quappe, O. H. Ger. quappa, allied to Lat. capito, big-headed, a kind of fish with a large head, from caput, capitis, the head.] A young, unfledged bird; a squab; hence, something unfinished or very immature. Ford.