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scumming [′skəm·iŋ] (graphic arts) Ink adhering to the nonimage area of a printing plate, resulting in tinting of the nonimage area of the printed substrate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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His employment, from his first coming into the academy, was an operation to reduce human excrement to its original food, by separating the several parts, removing the tincture which it receives from the gall, making the odour exhale, and scumming off the saliva. |
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