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

Doughbird :: Doughbird (n.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

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

Skimped :: Skimped (imp. & p. p.) of Skim.

Skimming :: Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth..

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

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 (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..

Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..

Skimmerton :: Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.

Skimming :: Skimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ski.

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

Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Skimming :: Skimming (n.) The act of one who skims.

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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

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..

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

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