Squatter
(Squat"ter) 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 permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown.
Macaulay. 2. (Zoöl.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.
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.
Squatty
(Squat"ty) a. Squat; dumpy. J. Burroughs.
Squaw
(Squaw) n. [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squâws; Delaware ochqueu, and
khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female.] A female; a
woman; — in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.
Old squaw. (Zoöl.) See under Old.
Squawberry
(Squaw"ber`ry) n. (Bot.) A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry. [U.
S.]
Squawk
(Squawk) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squawked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squawking.] [See Squeak.] To
utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
Squawking thrush (Zoöl.), the missel turush; — so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]
Squawk
(Squawk), n.
1. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.
2. (Zoöl.) The American night heron. See under Night.
Squawk duck (Zoöl.), the bimaculate duck It has patches of reddish brown behind, and in front of, each
eye. [Prov. Eng.]
Squawl
(Squawl) v. i. See Squall.
Squawroot
(Squaw"root`) n. (Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods
in the United States; — called also cancer root.
Squawweed
(Squaw"weed`) n. (Bot.) The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.
Squeak
(Squeak) v. i. [imp.& p. p. Squaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squeaking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf.
Sw. sqväka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.]
1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to
make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.
Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch?
Addison.
Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer.
Pope.
