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

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

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

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

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

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

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..

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..

Eskimos :: Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskim.

Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

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

Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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