skimmedadj.
/skɪmd/ 1. in combination.1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry xiii. 62 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III Some skimmed-milk cheese for family use.1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 215 Milk is also manufactured into butter, and what is called skimmed-milk cheese.
a. Cleared of impurities by skimming.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of scum > [adjective] > having scum removed
scummedc1425
flotte1557
skimmed1558
fleeted1580
flotten1600
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 44 Adde to it twoo vnces of skimmed Honnye.
b. skimmed milk n. = skim-milk n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > skimmed milk
skim-milk1598
skimmed milka1722
Blue John1869
skim1885
scald milk1886
semi-skimmed1981
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 32 I could deuide my selfe, and go to buffets, for mouing such a dish of skim milke [1623 skim'd Milk] with so honorable an action. View more context for this quotation]
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 275 We in Leicestershire give them skimmed-milk and whey.
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 347 Sour Milk, as it is commonly called, skimmed Milk, Whey, and the like.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 813 Another mode of varnishing plaster,..is to brush it over with skimmed milk.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. xxiv. 296 They got a quart of skimmed milk, and were glad to get it.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 438 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV In every instance, except one, the milk sold as pure milk was skimmed milk.
c. Of cheese: Made from skimmed milk.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [adjective] > qualities of cheese
miteyc1650
two-meal1741
fire-fanged1808
mature1833
blue-vinnied1838
skimmed1881
blue vein1893
open-meated1896
well-meated1896
blue-veined1898
bleu1918
crustless1927
1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. This compound can be used only in the manufacture of skimmed cheese.
1893 Daily News 25 Dec. 5/5 A cheese with no brand on it will be classed as skimmed cheese.
2. Removed or collected by skimming.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [adjective] > skimmed
skimmed1601
fleet1607
uncreamed1611
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D4v He speakes all creame, skimd, & more affected then a dozen of waiting women. View more context for this quotation
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