Cornw. [Perh. the same word as prec.] (See quots.)
1671. Phil. Trans., VI. 2098. Squatts are certain distinct places in the earth, not running in veins, differing from Bonnys … in this only that Squatts are flat, Bonnys are roundish.
1778. Pryce, Min. Cornub., 81. This kind of Fissure … is wrongly called by the Tinners, a Floor or a Squat, which properly speaking is a hole or chasm impregnated with Metal, that makes no continued line of direction, or regular walls.
1860. Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (ed. 2), 6. Bunch, or Squat of ore, a quantity of ore of small extent; more than a stone, and not so much as a course.
