rare. A squash or pumpkin.
1687. Miége, Grt. Fr. Dict., II. Quash. See Pompion.
1736. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict., A quash, or pompion, pepo. [Hence in Johnson and later Dicts.]
1823. T. Roughley, Jamaica Planter’s Guide, 74. The Indian kale, ochro, quash, peppers, akys, and a variety of pulse, being natural to the climate.
