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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Squat

Squat (squat)
n.(?)
Squat
(Zoöl.)
  1. The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

Squat

Squat (squat)
v. i.
Squat
perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. 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.
  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.

Squat

Squat (squat)
v. t.
Squat
  1. To bruise or make flat by a fall.
    [Obs.]

Squat

Squat (squat)
a.
Squat
  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.

Squat

Squat (squat)
n.
Squat
  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. A small vein of ore.
    (b)












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