a. See Cimmerian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. See Skimmington. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. In a skimming manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold. ] A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. [ 1913 Webster ]