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scrimshaw


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrimshaw  \Scrim"shaw`\,  v.  t. 
  To  ornament,  as  shells,  ivory,  etc.,  by  engraving,  and 
  (usually)  rubbing  pigments  into  the  incised  lines.  [Sailor's 
  cant.  U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrimshaw  \Scrim"shaw`\,  n. 
  A  shell,  a  whale's  tooth,  or  the  like  that  is  scrimshawed 
  [Sailor's  cant,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scrimshaw 
  n  :  an  article  carved  or  engraved  from  whalebone,  whale  ivory, 
  walrus  tusk,  etc.,  usually  by  American  whalers 




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