SCRIMSHANDER

Etymology

Noun

scrimshander (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshanders)

(uncountable) The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.

(countable) Someone who scrimshaws.

Verb

scrimshander (third-person singular simple present scrimshanders, present participle scrimshandering, simple past and past participle scrimshandered)

To make an item of scrimshaw.

Source: Wiktionary



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