v. Obs. [ME. f. TO-2 + SQUAT v.] trans. To flatten, crush, squash.

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c. 1325.  Poem Times Edw. II. (Percy), lxxii. Trechery is imeynteynd And trewth is al tosqwat.

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a. 1380.  St. Ambrose, 544, in Horstm., Altengl. Leg. (1878), 16. Wiþ seknes he was al to squat.

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c. 1380.  Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 461. She shal al tosquatte þyn heed.

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14[?].  Sir Beues (N.), 3563. Arondel … Wiþ his hinder fot him smot Þat he al tosquat is brain.

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