Squat , n.
1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or
hams, or close to the ground.
2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.]
erbert.
3. (Mining) (a)
A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward.
Squat
snipe (Zoöl.),
the jacksnipe; --
called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
Squat , a.
1. Sitting on the hams or
heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Him there they found,
Squat like a toad, close
at the ear of Eve.
Milton. 2. Short
and thick, like the figure of an
animal squatting. "The
round, squat turret." R. Browning.
The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat.
Grew.
Squat , v. t. To bruise or make flat by
a fall. [Obs.]
Squat , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Squatting.]
[OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater,
esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr.
L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent, Squash, v. t.] 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the
savages squatted near the
fire.
2. To sit close
to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie
close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
3. To settle on
another's land without title; also, to settle on
common or public lands.
Squat (?), n.
(Zoöl.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
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