English dictionary
squilgee
/'skw/I/l/dZ//i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to <i>squilgee</i> a vessel's deck.
Source: webster1913