%squilgee%

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]