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abric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.

A fencing master. [Obs.] Shak.

Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

o limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t. Scrimping bar, a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. Knight.

In a scrimping manner.

The state of being scrimp.

A small portion; a pittance; a little bit. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed. [Sailor's cant, U.S.]

Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.

In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.

The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.

fferent; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. Cowper. To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.

In a discriminating manner; distinctly.

The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

rking a difference; distinguishing. -- Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv. And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white. Canning.

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.

Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.

With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster.

One who discriminates.