squabbler (skwobler)

[ A French woman is a perfect architect in dre ;... she never tricks out a squabby Doric shape with Corinthian finery. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. squab-chick (skwob'chik), n. A chick, or young chicken, not fully feathered; a fledgling. [Prov. Eng.] squab-pie (skwob'pi), n. 1. A pie made of squabs; pigeon-pie.-2. A pie made of fat mutton well peppered and salted, with layers of apple and an onion or two. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] Cornwall squab - pye , and Devon white-pot brings; And Leicester beans and bacon, food of kings! W. King , Art of Cookery, 1. 165. squacco (skwak'ō), n. [A native name, prob. imitative (cf. quack1 , quail3 ).] A small rail-like heron of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Ardea or Ardeola comata , ralloides , castanea , or squaiotta , of a white color, much varied with chestnut or ru et-brown and black. The head is crested, with six long black and white plumes; the bill is cobalt-blue, Squacco ( Ardeola comata ). tipped with black; the lores are emerald-green; the feet flesh-colored, with yellow soles and black claws; and the irides pale-yellow. The squacco nests in heronries, usually on a tree, and lays four to six greenish-blue eggs. It is rare in Europe north of the Mediterranean basin, but common in most parts of Africa, and extends into a small IMG:content-1887.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A division of a fleet; a detachment of ships of war employed on a particular service or station, and under the command of a flag-officer. -4. Generally, any ranked and orderly body or group.-5. In early New England records (1636), one of four divisions of town land, probably in the first instance a square. The records show that squadron was used later in other senses: (a) A division of a town for highway care. Agreed upon by the selectmen for the. calling out of their men to work, that is within their several squadrons. Town Records, Groton, Ma ., 1671. (b) A school district. Voted and chose a committee of seven men to apportion the school in six societies or squadrons ,... taking the northwesterly corner for one squadron . Town Records, Marl borough, Ma ., 1749. Sometimes spelled squad rant . squadron (skwod'ron), v. t. [ They gladly hither haste, and by a quire Of squadron'd angels hear his carols sung. Milton, P. L., xii. 367. IMG:content-1888.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1889.jpg:[graphic]