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squil·gee /ˈskwiˌʤi, ˈskwɪlˌʤi/
Squee·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 squilgee, squillagee.]
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.]
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.
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squeegee
n : T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the
top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in
washing windows)
v : wipe with a squeegee; "squeegee the windows"
[also: squilgee]