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Skimmed :: Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Ski.

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

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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

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..

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

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

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

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

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..

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

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

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