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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]:

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

  Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Squilgeed} (skw[i^]l"j[=e]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Squilgeeing}.]
     To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a
     vessel's deck.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squilgee
       See {squeegee}

















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