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

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

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

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

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

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

Eskimos :: Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskim.

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

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

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..

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..

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

Skimitry :: Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

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

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

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

Fleeten :: Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

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