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Pronunciation : Squat
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The angel fish (Squatina angelus

(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squat
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent, Squash, v. t.]
Definition : 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

2. 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squat
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squat
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Squat
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

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

3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zo?l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913