Skimmer
[skimә]
Definition
(noun.) gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food.
(noun.) a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids.
(noun.) a rapid superficial reader.
Edited by Colin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.
(n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill.
(n.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.
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Examples
- In the centrifugal skimmer the milk is continuously poured in through a funnel, and the cream runs out continuously through one spout, and the skimmed milk at the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The centrifugal milk skimmer is an interesting type of this class of machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There have been over 2,700 patents granted for churns alone, and besides these there are milk coolers, cheese presses, milk skimmers, and even cow milkers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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