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One who or that which skims; especially, an implement used for skimming.
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A flat shallow pan of metal perforated at the bottom to allow liquids to drain through; a colander.
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A stiff bar of iron used in a foundry to hold back the floating slag while pouring molten metal from the ladle.
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One of several bivalves whose shells may be used to skim milk, etc.
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The common clam, Mya arenaria.
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The big beach-clam, Mactra or Spisula solidissima.
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A scallop, as Pecten maximus.
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One who skims over a subject; a superficial student or reader.
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A bird that skims or shears the water, as any member of the genus Rhynchops; a cutwater, Shearwater, or Scissorbill.
To skim lightly to and fro.