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Skimming [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Skimming [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Skim

Skimmingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a skimming manner.

Skimmings [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plural Matter skimmed from the surface of liquors.

Skimmington [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.