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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..

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

Skimp :: Skimp (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.

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..

Skimming :: Skimming (n.) The act of one who skims.

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

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..

Skimble-scamble :: Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

Skimping :: Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim.

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

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill..

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

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

Skimming :: Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth..

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

Eskimos :: Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskim.

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

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

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..

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

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