Usually means: Froth or foam on liquids.
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  1. skum: Wordnik
  2. skum: Wiktionary
  3. SKUM: Dictionary.com
  4. Skum (Dungeons & Dragons), Skum (band), Skum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. skum: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Skum)

noun:  Obsolete form of scum (“surface impurities”). [(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).]
verb:  Obsolete form of scum (“remove surface impurities”). [To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).]

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