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.
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