squilgee

Nautical:

An implement somewhat resembling a wooden hoe, with an edge of india-rubber or thick leather, used to scrape the water from wet decks.

A small swab.

A becket and toggle used to confine a studdingsail while setting it.

One of several implements constructed like the nautical implement above defined (1 ), used for washing glass, in photographic work, etc. See squeegee, 2.

Nautical, to scrape (the wet decks of a ship) with a squilgee.

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.

To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee.

A squeegee; a scraper for removing liquid.

A small swab used for drying a vessel‘s deck.