SQUASH

An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. Shak.

Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." Shak.

A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. Arbuthnot. My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. Swift.