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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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
Mr. Alcott's little diary gives us some of the best skimmings of that time of yeast.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various
Stewing is a more elaborate mode of boiling; a gentle heat with frequent skimmings, are the points to be observed.
From The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady
Her husband is dead, and I guess he led her a life of it when he was alive, and she's as poor as second skimmings.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Have an oil barrel in the cellar, half full of strong ley, and put in cracklings, bacon skins, pot skimmings, beef bones, or any scraps, when eaten by ley it will take but little boiling.
From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Lea, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott)
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