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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..

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

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

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

Skimming :: Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth..

Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.

Skimmerton :: Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.

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

Fleeten :: Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.

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..

Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

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

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

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..

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

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

Esquimau :: Esquimau (n.) Same as Eskimo.

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

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

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