skimmings

British  

/ ˈskɪmɪŋz /

plural noun

1. material that is skimmed off a liquid

2. the froth containing concentrated ore removed during a flotation process

3. slag, scum, or impurities removed from molten metals

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skimmings

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

And likewise the new business must be paying him powerful well right from the go-off, because we certainly is rolled up in the lap-robes of luxury and living off the top skimmings of the cream.

From J. Poindexter, Colored by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

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

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 Agricola, Georgius

The molasses and skimmings were sent for, sale to Batavia, where one distillery might buy the produce of a hundred estates.

From Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicability, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure. by Clarkson, Thomas