Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the
squier.
Shak.
{ Squi"er*ie, Squi"er*y }, (&?;), n. [OF. escuiere. See Esquire.] A
company of squires; the whole body of squires.
This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but is not in the modern
editions.
Squig"gle (?), v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake
liquor in a close vessel, and E. sqig.] To shake and wash a fluid about
in the mouth with the lips closed. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
Squig"gle, v. i. [Cf. Squirm, Wiggle.] To move about like an eel; to
squirm. [Low, U.S.] Bartlett.
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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.]
Squill (?), n. [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L.
squilla, scilla, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A European bulbous liliaceous
plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant,
diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea
onion. (b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell
squill (S. mutans).