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单词 scumming
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scummingn.

/ˈskʌmɪŋ/
Etymology: < scum v. + -ing suffix1.
1.
a. The action of removing scum from the surface of a liquid. Also figurative.
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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'.
attributive.1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 333 in Fleta Minor i Put the Salt-Petre gently..in it, and turn it about with the scumming Spoon.
b. The action or process of forming or throwing up a scum. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.

Etymology: -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscumming.
That scums. (In quot. 1818 apparently = scumbling n.)
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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).
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n.1530adj.1818
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