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squatting

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squatting [′skwäd·iŋ]
(naval architecture)
The lowering of the stern of a ship when it is traveling at high speed.
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But as soon as they realized that the huge log was motionless, they swam again to the top of the water, dismissed their fears, climbed up, and began squatting on it in contempt.
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As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers.
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Men gathered to it as primitive men gathered about the fire of the squatting place or the fire at the mouth of the cave.
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