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Squilgee
Pronunciation : Squil"gee
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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