Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

scummed

scummed


  1  definition  found 
 
  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.