| skimback | <zoology> The quillback. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| skimmed milk | The aqueous (noncream) part of milk from which casein is isolated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skimmer | 1. One who, or that which, skims; especially, a utensil with which liquids are skimmed. 2. <ornithology> Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. Nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill. 3. <zoology> Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skimmington | A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |