scummer1 (skumer)

[ Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, ii. 30. ( Davies .) The salt, after its crystallizing, falls down to the bottom, and they take it out by wooden scummers , and put it in frails. Ray, Remains, p. 120. scummer2, v . and n. Same as scumber . scummings (skum'ingz), n. pl. [Verbal n. of scum, v.] Skimmings: as, the scummings of the boiling-house. Imp. Dict.