Definition of skim

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Skim (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream..

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Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..
Scummer :: Scummer (n.) An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.
Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Rabble :: Rabble (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron..
Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.
Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed..
Igloo :: Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.
Flet :: Flet (p. p.) Skimmed.
Scumming :: Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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..
Skimble-scamble :: Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.
Skimmed :: Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Ski.
Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.
Skimp :: Skimp (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
Skimping :: Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim.
Fleeten :: Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.
Flotten :: Flotten (v. t.) Skimmed.
Skimmerton :: Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.
Skimming :: Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth..
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