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Definition of skim

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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..

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Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

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

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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

Igloo :: Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Esquimau :: Esquimau (n.) Same as Eskimo.

Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream..

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..