Definition of scum

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Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross..

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Scumming :: Scumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scu.
Scumber :: Scumber (v. i.) To void excrement.
Rum :: Rum (n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor..
Bescummer :: Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.
Scumbling :: Scumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scumbl.
Hig-taper :: Hig-taper (n.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper..
Foam :: Foam (n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea..
Skun :: Skun (n. & v.) See Scum.
Viscum :: Viscum (n.) Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe..
Scumming :: Scumming (n.) The act of taking off scum.
Viscin :: Viscin (n.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime..
Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing..
Hag-taper :: Hag-taper (n.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth..
Discumber :: Discumber (v. t.) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
Bescumber :: Bescumber (v. t.) Alt. of Bescumme.
Mullein :: Mullein (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus..
Scumber :: Scumber (n.) Dung.
Despumation :: Despumation (n.) The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.
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