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Squat (skwŏt), n. (Zo&ö;l.) 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. 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, 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.
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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, 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 (Zo&ö;l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
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