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Squat \Squat\, v. t.
To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]
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Squat \Squat\, a.
1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground;
cowering; crouching.
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Him there they found,
Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.
--Milton.
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2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
"The round, squat turret." --R. Browning.
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The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat.
--Grew.
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Squat \Squat\ (skw[o^]t), n. (Zool.)
The angel fish ({Squatina angelus}).
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Squat \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. of 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.
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2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie
close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
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3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle
on common or public lands.
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Squat \Squat\, n.
1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or
close to the ground.
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2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --Herbert.
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3. (Mining)
(a) A small vein of ore.
(b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell.
--Woodward.
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{Squat snipe} (Zool.), the jacksnipe; -- called also
{squatter}. [Local, U.S.]
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