SG Heritage Dictionary

Squat [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering.

2. Him there they found, squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.

3. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

4. The head of the squill insect is broad and squat

Squat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Not in use.]

3. A sort of mineral.

Squat [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as a human being.

2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; as an animal.

3. In Massachusetts and some other states of America, to settle on anothers land without pretense of title; a practice very common in the wilderness.

Squat [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Not in use.]

Squat [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

Squat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

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

3. A sudden or crushing fall.

4. A small vein of ore.

5. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

Squat [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

4. To bruise or make flat by a fall.

Squaterole [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The black-bellied plover.

Squatt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Among miners, a bed of ore extending but a little distance.

Squatted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Squatter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that squats or sits close.

2. In the United States, one that settles on new land without a title.

Squatter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.

2. See Squat snipe, under Squat.

Squatting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Squatty [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Squat; dumpy.