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Hig-taper :: Hig-taper (n.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper..

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..

Sandiver :: Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall..

Discumber :: Discumber (v. t.) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.

Scummy :: Scummy (a.) Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.

Bescummer :: Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.

Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..

Hag-taper :: Hag-taper (n.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

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..

Viscum :: Viscum (n.) Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe..

Discumbency :: Discumbency (n.) The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.

Scum :: Scum (v. i.) To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Scummer :: Scummer (n.) Excrement; scumber.

Paramylum :: Paramylum (n.) A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water..

Scum :: Scum (v.) refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.

Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.

Scum :: 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..

Viscum :: Viscum (n.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe..

Offscum :: Offscum (n.) Removed scum; refuse; dross.

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