skimmilk (skimmilk)

Milk from which the cream has been skimmed; hence, figuratively, that which lacks substantial quality, as richne or strength; thinne ; inferiority. O, I could divide myself and go to buffets, for moving such a dish of skim milk with so honourable an action! Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 3. 36. skimming (skim'ing), n. [Verbal n. of skim, v.] 1. The act of one who or that which skims. 2. That which is removed by skimming; scum: chiefly used in the plural. They relished the very skimmings of the kettle, and dregs of the casks. Cook , Second Voyage, i. 7. 3. pl. In the coffee trade, the musty part of the coffee which is taken from the bags after being on shipboard.