scummedadj.
/skʌmd/ 1. Skimmed, deprived of any matter floating upon the surface.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of scum > [adjective] > having scum removed
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c1425 tr. Arderne's Surgery 40 If þou haue noȝt redy þe forseid tapsimell, be þe same done wiþ scomed hony.
1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xli. 325 Take scummed Milk, which has stood so long that no more Cream will rise from it.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 207 You may temper your Lime and Sand with scum'd Milk.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 67 The scummed fat of a pot wherein fresh meat has been boiled.
2. Covered with foulness or scum.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum
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1909 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 221/2 An old Arab reservoir from whose scummed and stagnant waters the third class passengers push to fill their water bottles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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