From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Squat \Squat\, n.
1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or
close to the ground.
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2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --Herbert.
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3. (Mining)
(a) A small vein of ore.
(b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell.
--Woodward.
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Squat snipe (Zool.), the jacksnipe; -- called also
squatter. [Local, U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Squatter \Squat"ter\ (-t[~e]r), n.
1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully
upon land without a title. In the United States and
Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person
who settles lawfully upon government land under legal
permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
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In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were
tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay.
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2. (Zool.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.
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Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters,
or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States
to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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