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Definitions for: Squilgee
Webster (1913) Definition: Squil"gee, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squilgeed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Squilgeeing.]
To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a
vessel's deck.
Squil"gee, n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee,
squillagee, squeegee.]
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