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Scumming [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Clearing of scum; slimming.

Scumming [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of taking off scum.

2. That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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

Scummings [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The matter skimmed from boiling liquors; as the scummings of the boiling house.