squash borer (skwoshbor"er)

The larva of an ægerian or sesiid moth, Trochilium cucur bitæ, which bores the stems of squashes in the United States. squash-bug (skwosh'bug), n. An ill-smelling heteropterous insect, Anasa trist is, of the family Coreidæ, found commonly on the squash and other cucurbitaceous plants in North America. There are one or two annual generations, and the bug hibernates as an adult. Throughout its life it feeds upon the leaves of these plants, and is a noted pest. squasher (skwosh'èr), n. [ Squash-bug ( Ana sa trist is ), natural size. IMG:content-1902.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. Sitting close to the ground; crouched; cowdrawn up or with the legs cro ed. Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. Milton , P. L., iv. 800. squatl (skwot), n. [ squat1 , v.; in defs. 3 and 4, squat1 , a.] 1. A bruise caused by a fall. Bruises, squats , and falls. Herbert. (Johnson.) Neer or at the salt-worke there growes a plant they call squat more, and hath wonder full vertue for a squatt ; it hath a roote like a little carrat; I doe not heare it is taken notice of by any herbalist. Aubrey's MS . Wilts , p. 127. In our Western language squat is a bruise. ( Hall i well .) Aubrey's Wilts , Royal Soc. MS., p. 127. ( Hall i well .) 2. The posture of one who or that which squats. One [hare] runneth so fast you will neuer catch hir, the other is so at the squat you can neuer finde hir. Lyly , Euphues and his England, p. 421. And every child hates Shylock, though his soul Still sits at squat , and peeps not from its hole. Pope, Moral E ays, i. 56. 3. A short, stout person. [Colloq.]-4. A small ma or bunch of ore in a vein. [Cornwall, Eng.]