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Meaning of SQUILGEE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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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