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Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

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

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

Igloo :: Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.

Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Skimble-scamble :: Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops..

Rabble :: Rabble (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron..

Skim :: Skim (v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper..

Eskimos :: Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskim.

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

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer..

Skimming :: Skimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ski.

Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

Skimping :: Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim.

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

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..

Doughbird :: Doughbird (n.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

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