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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Squilgeed p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing. ] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]