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Webster 1913 Edition
Squat
Squat
(skwŏt)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
The angel fish (
Squatina angelus
). Squat
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Squatted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Squatting
.] 1.
To sit down upon the hams or heels;
as, the savages
. squatted
near the fire2.
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
,Verb.
T.
To bruise or make flat by a fall.
[Obs.]
Squat
,Adj.
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
,Noun.
1.
The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
2.
A sudden or crushing fall.
[Obs.]
Herbert.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Squat
SQUAT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To sit down upon the hams or heels; as a human being.2.
To sit close to the ground; to cower; as an animal.3.
In Massachusetts and some other states of America, to settle on anothers land without pretense of title; a practice very common in the wilderness.SQUAT
,Verb.
T.
SQUAT
,Adj.
1.
Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering.Him there they found, squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.
2.
Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.The head of the squill insect is broad and squat.
SQUAT
, n.1.
The posture of one that sits on his hams, or close to the ground.2.
A sudden or crushing fall. [Not in use.]3.
A sort of mineral.