† to-ˈsquat, v. Obs.
[ME. f. to-2 + squat v.]
trans. To flatten, crush, squash.
| c 1325 Poem Times Edw. II (Percy) lxxii, Trechery is imeynteynd And trewth is al tosqwat. a 1380 St. Ambrose 544 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 16 Wiþ seknes he was al to squat. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 461 She shal al tosquatte þyn heed. 14.. Sir Beues (N.) 3563 Arondel..Wiþ his hinder fot him smot Þat he al tosquat is brain. |