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.
Scumming :: Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Discumbency :: Discumbency (n.) The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.
Skrim :: Skrim (n.) Scum; refuse.
Bescummer :: Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.
Offscum :: Offscum (n.) Removed scum; refuse; dross.
Scumber :: Scumber (v. i.) To void excrement.
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..
Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.
Bescumber :: Bescumber (v. t.) Alt. of Bescumme.
Mistletoe :: Mistletoe (n.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit..
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.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..
Spumed :: Spume (n.) Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..
Scum :: Scum (v.) refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
Molluscum :: Molluscum (n.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals..
Scum :: Scum (v. i.) To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
Scummer :: Scummer (v. i.) To scumber.
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..
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