Definition of skim

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

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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..
Flotten :: Flotten (v. t.) Skimmed.
Skimming :: Skimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ski.
Skimming :: Skimming (n.) The act of one who skims.
Skimble-scamble :: Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.
Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface..
Skimp :: Skimp (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
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..
Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
Flet :: Flet (p. p.) Skimmed.
Skimmed :: Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Ski.
Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.
Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.
Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..
Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..
Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
Scumming :: Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Skimmingly :: Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
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