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Skrim :: Skrim (n.) Scum; refuse.

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..

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

Scummer :: Scummer (n.) An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.

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

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

Scummer :: Scummer (v. i.) To scumber.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Scummed :: Scummed (imp. & p. p.) of Scu.

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

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

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..

Despumate :: Despumate (v. t. & i.) To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.

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

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