squilgee

from The Century Dictionary.

• 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.
• Nautical, to scrape (the wet decks of a ship) with a squilgee.

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

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

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.