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SQUATLY
Etymology
Adverb
squatly (comparative more squatly, superlative most squatly)
In a squat manner.
Source: Wiktionary
SQUAT
Squat, n. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: The angel fish (Squatina angelus
Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] Etym: [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), 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, v. t.
Definition: To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]
Squat, a.
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, n.
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. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zoƶl.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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