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

Flote :: Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim.

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

Flotten :: Flotten (v. t.) Skimmed.

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..

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

Skimmingly :: Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.

Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

Skimmerton :: Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.

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

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

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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