skimmings

/ ˈskɪmɪŋz /

plural noun

An inferior sort of rum is fabricated from molasses, mixed with the skimmings and washings of the sugar pans.

The slight tension in Maurices voice and look yielded to her swallow-like darts and skimmings; over deep waters perhaps.

All such remnants and skimmings should be clarified about twice a week, by boiling them all together in water.

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

Mr. Alcott's little diary gives us some of the best skimmings of that time of yeast.

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