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Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

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

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

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

Skimmingly :: Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.

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