skimmings
Britishplural noun
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material that is skimmed off a liquid
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the froth containing concentrated ore removed during a flotation process
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slag, scum, or impurities removed from molten metals
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Probably a better method would be to pass these skimmings through some sort of filter, or, perhaps better still, to filter the juice and avoid all skimming.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various
However, possibly the sulphur and copper could be largely abstracted in the skimmings from the cupellation furnace, these being subsequently liquated in the "third" furnace.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
These skimmings are afterward referred to as "thorns."
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
The lead from liquation would contain 2% to 3% of copper, and this would be largely recovered in these skimmings, although there would be some copper in the furnace bottoms—hearth-lead—and the litharge.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
A vast number of her Majesty's subjects dart over the debater and the discussor of the newspaper, like storm petrels, and thrive upon what skimmings they retain.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
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