Squat | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Squat, v. i.

verbintransitive

(skwŏt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. SQUATTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SQUATTING.] [From Prov. Eng. quat, to squat down. Cf. It. quatto, Pr. quait, Sp. cacho, gacho, squat, cowering, from Lat. coactus, p. p. of cogere, to drive or urge together.]

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

Sense 2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop or lie close to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

Sense 3. To settle on another’s land without title. [U.S.]

Squat, v. t.

verbtransitive

To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]

Squat, a.

adjective

(skwŏt), a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering.

Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. Milton.

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

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

Squat, n.

noun

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

A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] Herbert.
(Mining.) (a.) A small, separate vein of ore.

(b.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward.