[scumer]2 (c.1391)

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[scumer]2 (c.1391)

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  FEW:  *skum- *17,138a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  scummer n.  / skimmer n.  MED:  scomour n.  / skimmour n.  DMLBS:  scumor 2988a / scumarium 2 2987c
scomer  

s.

1 implement skimmer, shallow ladle or sieve for removing foam or froth from the surface of a liquid
( c.1391 )  .j. bosse, .j. tina debilis, j. scomer, .j. ladel [...]  465
( 1463 )  qe null merchant [...] amesne, maunde ne convoie [...] en cest roialme d’Engleterre et seignurie de Gales, ascuns de cestes wares ou choses desoubz escriptez; c’est assavoir ascuns bonettes lanuz [...], aneus pur curteins, ladels, scomers, countrefeit basyns, ewers [...]  ii 397
escomer#2  scume#1  scumer#2  skimerie 
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