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
Example Sentences
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But it was with the surface of her understanding that she listened to him and the skimmings of her thoughts that she passed to him.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
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 Agricola, Georgius
The skimmings after it got to the syrup stage was builed down and made into maple sugar for the children.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives by Work Projects Administration
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
Its acrobatic Exertions, leaps—they pall upon my sense; Its bright mirage can satisfy no soul— Light skimmings from the surface fair of things.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
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