squattlev.
rare.
1. intransitive. To squat closely; to nestle.
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1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 93 Swith, in some beggar's haffet squattle.
2. transitive. To settle down squatly.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (transitive)]
squattle1897
1897 R. D. Blackmore Dariel xlvii. 425 As a young cuckoo..squattles his empty body down, and distends himself into one enormous gape.
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