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Definition: SQUILGEE |
SQUILGEENoun1. 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. |
Date "SQUILGEE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Also squilgee or squillagee: a device constructed like a small -- and used (as by a. . . lithographer) for wiping off excess moisture. . . or forcing ink, paint. . . through a stencil or screen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SQUILGEE |
| Specialty definitions using "SQUILGEE": squillagee. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | U.S.S. Oregon, squilgee band on after turret after surrender of [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of Santiago. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "SQUILGEE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | raclette (squeegee). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ilgeesquay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SQUILGEE": squilgeed, squilgeeing, squilgees. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-l-q-s-u" | |
-2 letters: guiles, lieges, sequel, uglies. | |
-3 letters: glees, glues, guile, guise, gules, iglus, ileus, leges, liege, lieus, luges, segue, siege, squeg. | |
-4 letters: eels, egis, else, gees, gels, gies, glee, glue, guls, iglu, isle, lees, legs, leis, lies, lieu, lues, luge, lugs, seel, slue, slug. | |
-5 letters: eel, els, gee, gel, gie, gul, lee, leg, lei, leu, lie. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-l-q-s-u" | |
+1 letter: squilgeed, squilgees. | |
+3 letters: squilgeeing. | |
+4 letters: deliquescing. | |
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