单词 | scumming |
释义 | scummingn. 1. a. The action of removing scum from the surface of a liquid. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of scum > [noun] fleetingc1440 scumming1611 skimming1611 despumation1617 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escumement,..a scumming, or skimming. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 228 There is a Brain that will endure but one Scumming:..Wit, without Knowledge, being a Sort of Cream. 1832–53 Whistle-Binkie III. 37 There is naething abroad like our hearty aitmeal, Nor guid sheep~head-kail, for nae outlandish woman Has the gumption to ken that they need sic a scummin'. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > formation of scumming1661 1661 W. Rabisha Whole Body Cookery 40 Set it over the fire, watch the boyling and scumming thereof; then [etc.]. 2. concrete in singular and plural. The matter removed in the form of scum from the surface of a liquid. †Also, the matter rising to the surface as scum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum flotessec1440 scumc1440 scumming1530 scouring1591 ream1594 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > scum > as removed skimmingc1450 scumming1530 offscum1579 despumations1669 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/1 Scomyng of a pot, escume de pot. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 85 And where the fire had from the pan the scumming cast..the ground did springlike florish there. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. iii. 133 Most Apothecaries make this Syrup with the brownest Sugar, and reserve the Scummings for Clysters. 1841 Mangnall's Questions 415 From the scummings of the sugar when boiling an inferior kind of spirit is made. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). scummingadj. That scums. (In quot. 1818 apparently = scumbling n.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > modified by thin coat scumming1818 scumbled1868 overglaze1879 1818 Sporting Mag. 2 89 This most eminent artist has lately adopted..a sort of scumming, smearing, slubbering way of sketching. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1530adj.1818 |
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