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Original entry ↗To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. · To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of. · To hasten along with superficial attention. · To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
Having lowered fat content.
From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.
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