DEFINITION
SQUAT:
• (n.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
• (v. t.) To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages
squatted near the fire.
• (v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie
close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
• (v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to
settle on common or public lands.
• (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
• (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground;
cowering; crouching.
• (a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
• (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close
to the ground.
• (n.) A sudden or crushing fall.
• (n.) A small vein of ore.
• (n.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.