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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The skimmings are sometimes placed in pans and subsequently made into a second grade of sheet rubber, or they receive treatment with a small proportion of sodium bisulphite and eventually appear as fine pale crepe.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
Had not Lulu eaten a mouthful of skimmings on the sly?
From Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge
"You might bring back some bread and skimmings," said Prudence.
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
Compound Crepe, No. 1.—In this it is proposed to include cup-coagulated lumps, coagulated lumps from transport vessels, skimmings, bucket rinsings, cup-washings, and tree-scrap.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
Greasy dish-water, or the skimmings of a pot where fat meat has been boiled.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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