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Meaning:

Noun:

  • slang A person or persons considered to be reprehensible.
  • The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
  • uncountable A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
  • uncountable A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).

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Verb:

  • obsolete To scour (the land, sea etc.).
  • To remove (something) as scum.
  • To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

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