skimming ladle

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• skimmington — ˈskimiŋtən noun ( s) Etymology: skimming (from gerund of skim) (I) + ton (as in surnames such as Washington); from the practice of representing the woman as beating h …   Useful english dictionary

• Netherlandish Proverbs — Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Year 1559 Type Oil on panel Dimensions 117 cm …   Wikipedia

• Los proverbios flamencos — (Nederlandse Spreekwoorden) Pieter Brueghel el Viejo, 1559 Óleo sobre madera • Renacimiento 117 cm × 163 cm Staatliche Museen Los proverbios flamen …   Wikipedia Español

• skimmington — noun historical a procession intended to ridicule and make an example of a nagging wife or an unfaithful husband. Origin C17: perh. from skimming ladle, used as a thrashing instrument during the procession …   English new terms dictionary

• steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …   Universalium

• Degreasing — Defatting redirects here. For the skin condition, see defatting (medical). Degreasing often called Defatting, is a term used to describe the removal of fatty acids from an object. In culinary science, the word degreasing refers to various methods …   Wikipedia

• skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… …   Universalium

• skim — [[t]skɪm[/t]] v. skimmed, skim•ming, n. 1) to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle 2) to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk[/ex] 3) to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of… …   From formal English to slang

• skimmer — /skim euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that skims. 2. a shallow utensil, usually perforated, used in skimming liquids. 3. any of several gull like birds of the family Rynchopidae, that skim the water with the elongated lower mandible immersed while …   Universalium

• skim — [c]/skɪm / (say skim) verb (skimmed, skimming) –verb (t) 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from a liquid with a spoon, ladle, etc.: to skim cream. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or along the… …  

• metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …   Universalium