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

Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..

Oomiak :: Oomiak (n.) A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos..

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

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

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

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

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..

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

Cream :: Cream (v. t.) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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