SQUASH (3)

Squash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skwŏsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [[OE. squachen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. écacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent, Squat, v. i.]] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.