Squeegee

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squeegee \Squee"gee\ (skw[=e]"j[-e]), 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 {squilgee},


     {squillagee}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squeegee \Squee"gee\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squeegeed}
     (skw[=e]"j[=e]d; skw[=e]*j[=e]d"); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Squeegeeing} (skw[=e]"j[=e]*[i^]ng; skw[=e]*j[=e]"[i^]ng).]
     To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to
     squilgee.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squeegee
       n : T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the
           top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in
           washing windows)
       v : wipe with a squeegee; "squeegee the windows"
       [also: {squilgee}]