Associations to the word «Scrimshaw»

Wiktionary

SCRIMSHAW, noun. (uncountable) The manufacture of handicrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
SCRIMSHAW, noun. (countable) An item produced by scrimshaw.
SCRIMSHAW, verb. To make an item of scrimshaw.

Dictionary definition

SCRIMSHAW, noun. A carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche