'Scumming' definitions:
Definition of 'Scumming'
From: GCIDE
- Scumming \Scum"ming\, n. (a) The act of taking off scum. (b) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scumming'
From: GCIDE
- Scum \Scum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scumming.]
- 1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim. [1913 Webster]
- You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden & Lee. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates. --Milton. [1913 Webster]