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Scumming :: Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Eskimos :: Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskim.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Flotten :: Flotten (v. t.) Skimmed.

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

Eskimo :: Eskimo (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

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