a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable. ] The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal. ] 1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being equable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an equable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unequable. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. liquabilis. See Liquate, v. i. ] Capable of being melted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Quob, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. kwab eelpout, Dan. quabbe, G. quabbe, quappe, LG. quabbe a fat lump of flesh, and L. capito a kind of fish with a large head, fr. caput the head, also E. squab. ] An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and E. quab. ] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of a short, fat figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. [ 1913 Webster ]

Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

On her large squab you find her spread. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged. ] With a heavy fall; plump. [ Vulgar ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To crush; to quash; to squash. [ Colloq. or Slang, Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thick; fat; heavy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Squabbled p. pr. & vb. n. Squabbling ] [ Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide. ] 1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Print.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Short and thick; sqabbish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
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See gallant.
See genial.
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See geometrical.
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See glad.
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See good.
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See gorgeous.
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See guilty.
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See handy.
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See healable.
See healthful.
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See heavenly.
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See helpful.
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