Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who carves scrimshaw.
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- noun uncountable The manufacture of handcrafts by
sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled fromwood orbone . - noun countable Someone who
scrimshaws . - verb To make an item of scrimshaw.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Origin unknown.]
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palooka commented on the word scrimshander
A person who carves scrimshaw.
April 7, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word scrimshander
scrimshoner.
September 24, 2011