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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCUMMING

ppr. Clearing of scum; slimming.

 

SCUMMINGS

n.The matter skimmed from boiling liquors; as the scummings of the boiling house.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCUMMING

SCUMMING Scum "ming, n.(a ) The act of taking off scum. (b ) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.