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Webster 1913 Edition


Squilgee

Squil′gee

(skwĭl′jē̍)
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Noun.
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.
]