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   Skim , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. √158. See Scum.]
   To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
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   To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
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   To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
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   Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.
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   Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
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   Skimming , n.
   The act of one who skims.
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   That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
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