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ˈskimpings Mining.
[? alteration of skimmings.]
(See quots.)
1778Pryce Min. Cornub. 222 The water is poured off from the surface of the Tin, and the light waste upon it is skimmed off and laid by itself, to be buddled over again by the name of the Skimpings. Ibid. 238 The Ore swims uppermost, and is skimmed off in the manner of Tin skimpings. 1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. xv. 577 If divided into three, the two upper portions were termed top and bottom skimpings. 1860Eng. & Foreign Gloss. (ed. 2) 23 (Cornwall terms), Skimpings, skimmings of the light ores, &c., in the dressing process. |