SQUABASH
Squa*bash", v. t.
Defn: To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
SQUABBISH
Squab"bish, a.
Defn: Thick; fat; heavy.
SQUABBLE
Squab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Squabbling.] Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to
chide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. 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.
Syn.
— To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.
SQUABBLE
Squab"ble, v. t. (Print.)
Defn: 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.