Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scumming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scumming \Scum"ming\, n.
(a) The act of taking off scum.
(b) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used
chiefly in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden &
Lee.
2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]
Wandering up and down without certain seat, they
lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
--Milton.
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