Definition of skim

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

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Rabble :: Rabble (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron..
Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed..
Skimping :: Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim.
Skimmingly :: Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.
Flet :: Flet (p. p.) Skimmed.
Oomiak :: Oomiak (n.) A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos..
Doughbird :: Doughbird (n.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
Eskimo :: Eskimo (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
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.
Flotten :: Flotten (v. t.) 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..
Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream..
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing..
Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.
Skimmed :: Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Ski.
Flote :: Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim.
Skimming :: Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth..
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