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. Herbert.
3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell.Woodward.
Squat snipe(Zoöl.), the jacksnipe; — called also squatter.