Associations to the word «Scrimshaw»
Noun
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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
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there
is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to
take away.