Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Skimmings: as, the scummings of the boiling-house.
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- noun Plural form of
scumming .
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Examples
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In the grande, if it is well attended to, the scummings are taken up as soon as they rise.
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The labouring horses, oxen, and mules, though almost constantly at work during this season, yet being indulged with plenty of the green tops of this noble plant, and some of the scummings from the boiling-house, improve more than at any one period of the year.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Robert Kerr 1784
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The careful wife of an industrious Hampshire labourer obtains all her fat for nothing; for she saves the scummings of her bacon-pot for this use; and, if the grease abounds with salt, she causes the salt to precipitate to the bottom, by setting the scummings in a warm oven.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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These crickets are not only very thrifty, but very voracious; for they will eat the scummings of pots, and yeast, salt, and crumbs of bread, and any kitchen offal or sweepings.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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