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

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

Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

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

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..

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

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..

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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

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..

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer..

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