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SQUAT, v.i.
SQUAT, v.t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Not in use.]
SQUAT, a.
SQUAT, n.
The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
To sit down upon the hams or heels] as, the
savages squatted near the fire.
To sit close to the ground; to cower; to
stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or
rabbit.
To settle on another's land without title;
also, to settle on common or public lands.
To bruise or make flat
by a fall.
[Obs.] Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground;
cowering; crouching.
Him there they found, 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. The
posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the
ground.
A sudden or crushing fall.
[Obs.]
erbert. A small
vein of ore.
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