Sc. [f. SQUATTER v.] Sputtering, spatter; a loud fluttering noise.
1792. A. Wilson, Poems & Lit. Prose (1876), II. 38. Frae his devilish mouth the froth Flew aff wi’ squatter.
1834. M. Scott, Cruise Midge (1859), 415. Such a squatter as a flock of a thousand teal … rose into the air with a loud rushing noise.
