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.
Squat"ty (?), a. Squat; dumpy. J. Burroughs.
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.
Squaw"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) A local name for the partridge berry; also,
for the deerberry. [U. S.]
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, n. 1. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.