SQUILGEE

SQUEEGEE

squeegee

(verb) wipe with a squeegee; “squeegee the windows”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

squilgee (plural squilgees)

A squeegee; a scraper for removing liquid.

(nautical, historical) A small swab used for drying a vessel's deck.

Verb

squilgee (third-person singular simple present squilgees, present participle squilgeeing, simple past and past participle squilgeed)

Alternative form of squeegee

Source: Wiktionary


Squil"gee, n.

Definition: 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 Edition



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