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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

Innuit :: Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

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..

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

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..

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

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

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

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

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

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

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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

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

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing..

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..

Flote :: Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim.

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

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

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