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Eskimo :: Eskimo (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

Eskimos :: Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskim.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

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

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

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..

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

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

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

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

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

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