SQUAT

n. v. a.

11 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The angel fish (Squatina angelus

2.
v.

To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

3.
v.

To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

4.
v.

To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

5.
v.

To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]

6.
a.

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.

7.
a.

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.

8.
n.

The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

9.
n.

A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] erbert.

10.
n.

A small vein of ore.

11.
n.

A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zoöl.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]

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