SKIMMERTON
Skim"mer*ton, n.
Defn: See Skimmington.
SKIMMING
Skim"ming, n.
1. The act of one who skims.
2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; — chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
SKIMMINGLY
Skim"ming*ly, adv.
Defn: In a skimming manner.
SKIMMINGTON Skim"ming*ton, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold.]
Defn: 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.
SKIMP
Skimp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skimping.] Etym:
[Cf. Skinch, Scamp, v. t.]