Square. Thatching is paid by the 'square,' which is 100 square feet.—N.W.
Squat. See Squot.
Squeak-Thrush. The Missel Thrush.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Squeeze-belly. A V-shaped stile.—N.W.
Squelch, Squelp. (1) adv. 'A vell down squelch,' he fell heavily (A.B.).—N.W. (2) v. To squash to pieces, as a heavy stone would an egg.—N.W.
Squinney. (1) v. 'To squinney round,' to peep about.—S.W. (2) n. 'Squinney-hole,' a peep-hole. Sometimes also used of a hagioscope in a church.—S.W.
Squish. (1) v. Of soft or boggy ground, to give under foot with the peculiar spirt and sound that denote a water-logged condition. 'The rwoad wer squishing under I ael the waay to 'Vize.'—N. & S.W. (2) v. Of mud, to spirt and splash up as it does in a boggy place. 'It wer main hocksey, an' the muck squished up ael over I, purty nigh up to my eyes.'—N. & S.W.
Squishey. adj. Soft, wet, swampy.—N. & S.W.
'The ploughing engine be stuck fast up to the axle, the land be so soft and squishey.'—Wild Life, ch. vii.
Squoil. See Squail (S.).—S.W.