Squire

skwlr, n. Short for Esquire. Squirrel, skwirVl, n, a nimble, reddish-brown, rodent animal with a bushy tail. [Lit. shadow tail,’ O. Fr. esquirtl (Fr. icureuii—Low L. 486 fate, far mS, h6r; mine; v Staghound scuriolus dim. of L. sci/trus—Gr. skiauros— skin, shade, our a, tail, Squirt, skwdrt, to throw out water in a Stream from a narrow opening.—n. a small instrument for squirting a small, Quick Stream. [Allied to Low Ger. sivirtjen, O. 8w. squattra to scatter. Cf Squander,