squilgees

Then came swabs and squilgees; and after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.

Chapter XXIII. New Ship and Shipmates-My Watchmate 1909

Then came swabs and squilgees; and after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

It rubs down with sand; the sand is washed off by buckets of water thrown down, all is well mopped, and the deck is then finished off with India-rubber squilgees.

A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858

Then came swabs and squilgees; and after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848

Then came swabs and squilgees; and, after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848