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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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

Scumber :: Scumber (v. i.) To void excrement.

Despumation :: Despumation (n.) The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

Spumed :: Spume (n.) Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum..

Wash :: Wash (n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation..

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

Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..

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

Scumbling :: Scumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scumbl.

Scumming :: Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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..

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..

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..

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

Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.

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