Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squilgee \Squil"gee\, 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.}]