Squat

1. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
3. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
4. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
5. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
6. The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
7. A small vein of ore.
8. A sudden or crushing fall.
9. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
10. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
11. To bruise or make flat by a fall.