The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross. "Some to remove the scum as it did rise."
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"Scum" Quotes from Famous Books — The Cruise of the Dry Dock • T. S. Stribling — Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various — Diary in America, Series One • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat) — Toward the Gulf • Edgar Lee Masters — Tales of lonely trails • Zane Grey |
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