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Rabble :: Rabble (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron..

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

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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

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

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

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..

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops..

Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

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

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..

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

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

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

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

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.

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

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