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Rum :: Rum (n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor..

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

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 (v. i.) To scumber.

Scum :: Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross..

Scumming :: Scumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scu.

Discumbency :: Discumbency (n.) The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.

Scum :: Scum (v. i.) To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Scumber :: Scumber (v. i.) To void excrement.

Cremor :: Cremor (n.) Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

Scumming :: Scumming (n.) The act of taking off scum.

Wash :: Wash (n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation..

Foam :: Foam (n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea..

Paramylum :: Paramylum (n.) A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water..

Scummy :: Scummy (a.) Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.

Mullein :: Mullein (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus..

Scum :: Scum (v.) refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.

Skrim :: Skrim (n.) Scum; refuse.

Despume :: Despume (v. t.) To free from spume or scum.

Bescumber :: Bescumber (v. t.) Alt. of Bescumme.

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