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Skimming
Skim Skim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See Scum.] 1. 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. 2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream. 3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of. Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean. --Hazlitt. 4. 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.
Skimming
Skimming Skim"ming, n. 1. The act of one who skims. 2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
Skimmingly
Skimmingly Skim"ming*ly, adv. In a skimming manner.
Skimmington
Skimmington Skim"ming*ton, n. [Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold.] 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.

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- Skimmin is a glucoside of umbelliferone. Austin, D.J.; Meyers, M.B. (1965). "Studies on glucoside intermediates in umbelliferone biosynthesis". Phytochemistry...
- she had a recurring role on the CBS TV series Cagney & Lacey as Mrs. Skimmins. French appeared in Universal's 1980 film Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher...
- ayapana) and rupturewort (Herniaria). O-Glycosylated derivatives such as skimmin (7-O-β-D-glucopyranosylumbelliferone) occur naturally and are used for...
- PLAYOGRAPHYIreland. Retrieved 13 February 2023. O'Kane, William (2016). "Skimmin' it wi' a Spoon". Lecale Review (14). Newmann, Kate. "Leslie Alexander...
- and Down Belfast, Blackstaff Press, pp. 102-121 ISBN 9780856405587. McSkimmin, Samuel (1906). Annals of Ulster from 1790 to 1798. Belfast: E. J. McCrum...
- possible that it was related to the so-called "teapot clubs" that Samuel McSkimmin, an early chronicler of the United Irish movement, recorded as being formed...
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- wrecked late in 1798 on the third. The news item gave the master's name as Skimmins. "Letter of Marque, p.71 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from...