Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skimmed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skim \Skim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Skimming}.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See
{Scum}.]
1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or
lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just
beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim
a book or a newspaper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skimmed
adj : used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been
removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink
skimmed milk but should avoid butter" [syn: {skim}]
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