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Quotation dates: 1653
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Squatter, v. (17th c. Eng. squatter (Cotgrave) to scatter, disperse, spill. Prob. var. of Scatter v.) —1653 Urquhart Rabelais i xxvii.
To some others he … squattered into pieces the boughts or pestles of their thighs