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   Squat , n. (Zool.) 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.]
   To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
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   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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   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.
   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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   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.
   The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
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   A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.]
   Herbert.
   
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   (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
   Halliwell. Woodward.
   
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   Squat snipe (Zool.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
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