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scrimshaw

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
 : 
scrim=shaw

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scrimshaw has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

scrimshawv. t. 
     To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.  [1913 Webster]
scrimshawn. 
     A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scrimshaw, v. & n.
--v.tr. (also absol.) adorn (shells, ivory, etc.) with carved or coloured designs (as sailors' pastime at sea).
--n. work or a piece of work of this kind.

Etymology
19th c.: perh. f. a surname
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