Squilgee
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A tool in the form of a mop or swab, or a blade with a long handle, used for cleaning and/or drying a vessel's deck; a type of squeegee. historical
"After the holy-stone, comes the squill-gee; a wooden instrument like a hoe, but with a face, broad and flat, and lined with leather: the decks are partly dried with it; and the operation is completed by the swabs, articles formed by tying a number of loose yarns together, now dashed, by their handles, with violence about the deck."
- 1 Synonym of squeegee (“to use a (squilgee or) squeegee on (something, such as a surface)”). also, figuratively, transitive
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More examples"After the holy-stone, comes the squill-gee; a wooden instrument like a hoe, but with a face, broad and flat, and lined with leather: the decks are partly dried with it; and the operation is completed by the swabs, articles formed by tying a number of loose yarns together, now dashed, by their handles, with violence about the deck."
Etymology
The origin of the noun is unknown; compare squeegee which is attested later. The verb is probably derived from the noun.
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