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squillgee

squillgee is the alternative spelling of squilgee.

Meaning of squilgee

Noun

squilgee (plural squilgees)

  1. (historical) A tool in the form of a mop or swab, or a blade with a long handle, used for cleaning and/or drying a vessel's deck; a type of squeegee.
    • After the holy-stone, comes the squill-gee; a wooden instrument like a hoe, but with a face, broad and flat, and lined with leather: the decks are partly dried with it; and the operation is completed by the swabs, articles formed by tying a number of loose yarns together, now dashed, by their...1829, George Jones, Sketches of Naval Life, with Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery, on the Shores of the Mediterranean, in a Series of Letters from the Brandwine and Constitution Frigates, volume...

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Forms of squillgee

Noun
pluralsquillgees
Verb
third-person singular presentsquillgees
present participlesquillgeeing
past participlesquillgeed
pastsquillgeed

Questions about squillgee

What is squillgee the alternative spelling of?
Squillgee is the alternative spelling of squilgee.

Words near squillgee in the dictionary

  1. squillagee
  2. squillagees
  3. Squillante
  4. Squillantes
  5. squillas
  6. squillgee
  7. squillgeed
  8. squillgeeing
  9. squillgees
  10. squillid
  11. squillids

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