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Same as Cumin. Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.

The act of taking off scum.

ste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.] Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser. Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.

The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scumming of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] -- Rum shrub, a drink…

ge over the surface of. [Obs.] Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates. Milton.

A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. B. Edwards.