Chapter Spunge to Squab of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

3. To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; — usually with out.

Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof.

Num. xxi. 32.

Spy
(Spy), v. i. To search narrowly; to scrutinize.

It is my nature's plague
To spy into abuses.

Shak.

Spy
(Spy), n.; pl. Spies [See Spy, v., and cf. Espy, n.]

1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. "These wretched spies of wit." Dryden.

2. (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.

Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. — Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; — so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.

Syn. — See Emissary, and Scout.

Spyboat
(Spy"boat`) n. A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. Arbuthnot.

Spyglass
(Spy"glass) n. A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.

Spyism
(Spy"ism) n. Act or business of spying. [R.]

Spynace
(Spy"nace Spyne) , n. (Naut.) See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).

Squab
(Squab) a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.]

1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.

Betterton.

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.

Squab
(Squab), n.

1. (Zoöl.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

2. A person of a short, fat figure.

Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.

Cowper.

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

Punching the squab of chairs and sofas.

Dickens.

On her large squab you find her spread.

Pope.

Squab
(Squab), adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar]

The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock.

L'Estrange.

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