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skimming
(encz) | skimming,sbírání smetany Zdeněk Brož |
Skimming
(gcide) | Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (sk[i^]md);
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.
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2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
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3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
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Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
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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.
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Skimming
(gcide) | Skimming \Skim"ming\, n.
1. The act of one who skims.
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2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
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skimming
(wn) | skimming
n 1: the act of removing floating material from the surface of a
liquid
2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn: skim, skimming]
3: failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on
it
4: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: grazing,
shaving, skimming] |
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skimming
(encz) | skimming,sbírání smetany Zdeněk Brož |
Skimmingly
(gcide) | Skimmingly \Skim"ming*ly\, adv.
In a skimming manner.
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Skimmington
(gcide) | 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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skimming
(wn) | skimming
n 1: the act of removing floating material from the surface of a
liquid
2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn: skim, skimming]
3: failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on
it
4: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: grazing,
shaving, skimming] |
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