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

Skim :: Skim (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

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

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

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

Skimmerton :: Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

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

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

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

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