scrimshaw
English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
scrimshaw (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshaws)
- (uncountable) The manufacture of handicrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
- (countable) An item produced by scrimshaw.
Verb
scrimshaw (third-person singular simple present scrimshaws, present participle scrimshawing, simple past and past participle scrimshawed)
- (intransitive) To make an item of scrimshaw.
- (transitive) To engrave fanciful designs on (shells, whales' teeth, etc.).
Translations
To make an item of scrimshaw
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