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Oomiak :: Oomiak (n.) A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos..

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed..

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

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..

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

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..

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

Igloo :: Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Flote :: Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim.

Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

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

Skimble-scamble :: Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

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