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

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..

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

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

Esquimau :: Esquimau (n.) Same as Eskimo.

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

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

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

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

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..

Cream :: Cream (v. t.) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream..

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing..

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

Skimmingly :: Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.

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..

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

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

Flet :: Flet (p. p.) Skimmed.

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