Flattened; hence, short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
Sitting close to the ground; crouched; cowering; sitting on the buttocks with the knees drawn up or with the legs crossed.
To lay flat; flatten; crush; bruise.
To compress.
To make quiet. Compare squatting-pill.
To quash; annul.
To put or set on the buttocks; cause to cower or crouch close to the ground; used reflexively.
To sit close to the ground; crouch; cower; said of animals; sit down upon the buttocks with the knees drawn up or with the legs crossed: said of a human being: as, to squat down on one's hams.
To settle on land, especially public or new lands, without any title or right: as, to squat upon a piece of common. See squatter.
To settle by the stern, as a boat.
To splash.
noun.
The angel-fish, Squatina angelus.
To settle on land obtained, from the government on special terms, for the purpose of raising stock. See squattage and squatter, 4.
noun.
A bruise caused by a fall.
noun.
The posture of one who or that which squats.
noun.
A short, stout person.
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A small mass or bunch of ore in a vein.
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Nautical, the settling of a vessel, when under way, in the water, particularly at the stern, as compared with its position at rest. The phenomenon occurs to some extent in every vessel under way at high speed, but it is of importance only in shallow water, the depth of which is not much greater than the draft of the vessel. In such cases, in large vessels, the sinking of the stern may be from 2 to 6 feet with very moderate speeds.