Meaning of SQUILGEE
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\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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