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.
v. t.
. A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. in printing and photography as a squeegee. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]