Squilgee /(skwĭl"jē̇)/

1. 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.

imp. & p. p. Squilgeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing

1. To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck.