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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Squat \Squat\, v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Squat \Squat\, a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching. [1913 Webster] Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. "The round, squat turret." --R. Browning. [1913 Webster] The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat. --Grew. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Squat \Squat\ (skw[o^]t), n. (Zool.) The angel fish ({Squatina angelus}). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Squat \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.] 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire. [1913 Webster] 2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit. [1913 Webster] 3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Squat \Squat\, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --Herbert. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] {Squat snipe} (Zool.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: squat adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky}, {dumpy}, {low-set}, {squat}, {squatty}, {stumpy}] 2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: {squat}, {underslung}] n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squat}, {squatting}] 2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: {jack}, {doodly-squat}, {diddly-squat}, {diddlysquat}, {diddly-shit}, {diddlyshit}, {diddly}, {diddley}, {squat}, {shit}] 3: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: {squat}, {squatting}] v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {squat}, {crouch}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}] 2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" 3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally