squilgee

from The Century Dictionary.

• Nautical, to scrape (the wet decks of a ship) with a squilgee.
• noun Nautical:
• noun An implement somewhat resembling a wooden hoe, with an edge of india-rubber or thick leather, used to scrape the water from wet decks.
• noun A small swab.
• noun A becket and toggle used to confine a studdingsail while setting it.
• noun One of several implements constructed like the nautical implement above defined (1 ), used for washing glass, in photographic work, etc. See squeegee, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee.
• noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A squeegee; a scraper for removing liquid.
• noun nautical, historical A small swab used for drying a vessel's deck.