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Thible :: Thible (n.) A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.

Kayak :: Kayak (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes..

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.

Skim :: Skim (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

Skimmed :: Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Ski.

Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

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

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

Eskimo :: Eskimo (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Skimped :: Skimped (imp. & p. p.) of Skim.

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..

Skimming :: Skimming (n.) The act of one who skims.

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill..

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed..

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..

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