Squilgee

Definition of Squilgee

Squil´gee Pronunciation: skwĭl´jė

n.	1.	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.
v. t.	1.	To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck. [imp. & p. p. Squilgeed (skwĭl"jēd); p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing.]

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