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The diversion of water from a stream or conduit by a shallow overflow used to avoid diversion of sand, silt, or other debris carried as bottom load.
Ãâó: ilrdss.sws.uiuc.edu/glossary/glossary_allresults.a...
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setting prices high in order to attract the least price-sensitive customers and to generate profit quickly before competitors enter the market and start to force prices down.
Ãâó: wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/objects/1452/1487687...
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| skim milk |
Fresh milk from which the cream has been removed, leaving less than 0.15% butterfat. The product is pasteurised and not homogenised.
Ãâó: www.pauls.com.au/information/information.cfm
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| skim m. |
milk from which some or all of the cream has been removed; see lowfat m. and nonfat m.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| skimming |
The process of removing surplus metal and smoothing rough surfaces of cast pewter by scraping with a tool as the piece rotates on a lathe.
Ãâó: www.englishpewter.co.uk/pewter_terms4.htm
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