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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Skimmerton :: Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface..

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