SCRIMSHAW

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. [Sailor's cant. U.S.]

2.
n.

A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed. [Sailor's cant, U.S.]


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