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Webster 1913 Edition
Skimming
Skim′ming
,Noun.
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 brothDefinition 2024
skimming
skimming
English
Verb
skimming
- present participle of skim
Noun
skimming (plural skimmings)
- Something skimmed from a surface etc.
- aluminium skimmings
- sorghum syrup skimmings
- A motion or action that skims.
- Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- I was forced, too, to wonder if my previous world-views had not been too pallid, too superficial, and altogether too 'rational' — mere skimmings or skatings on the surface of reality […]
- Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.