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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Example Sentences

But after all, these are but the top skimmings of these five years' living.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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

I expect Jane speaks from mournful experience, for Mrs. Lynde says that her father is a perfect old crank, and meaner than second skimmings.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Beneath the top skimmings of these years he afterward conceived seething depths working beneath the froth, but could give hardly any account of it.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

Greasy dish-water, or the skimmings of a pot   where fat meat has been boiled.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis