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squilgee, n. Naut.|ˈskwɪldʒiː, skwɪlˈdʒiː|
Also squillage, squiligee.
[Of obscure origin.]
(See quots. 1867–75, and cf. squeegee n. 1.)
1851H. Melville Moby Dick III. viii. 66 Edgewise moved along the oily deck, it operates like a leathern squilgee. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 648 Squilgee, or Squillage, a small swab made of untwisted yarns. Figuratively, a lazy mean fellow. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2295/2 Squilgee, an instrument like a hoe, covered with leather, to rub the decks after washing. 1890W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xvi. 68 Swabs and squiligees had been flung down.
Hence squilgee v., to use a squilgee; to swab, clean, press, etc., with a squilgee; also fig. Also squilgeeing vbl. n.
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xiv, The washing, swabbing, squilgeeing, etc., etc. lasts..until eight o'clock. 1905J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide vii. 147 That doctor squilgeein' my maintop with his physic stuff has made me feel A1 again. |