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Scumbling :: Scumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scumbl.

Hag-taper :: Hag-taper (n.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

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..

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

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

Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..

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

Spun :: Spumy (a.) Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy..

Despumation :: Despumation (n.) The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..

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

Scumbled :: Scumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Scumbl.

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

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..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..

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..

Viscin :: Viscin (n.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime..

Bescummer :: Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.

Scummer :: Scummer (v. i.) To scumber.

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