Squat (?), n. Zool.
The angel fish (Squatina angelus
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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.
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Squat, v. t.
To bruise or make flat by a fall.
[Obs.]
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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.
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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 Zool., the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
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