Thesaurus: scrimshaw
To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.
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Definitions
- v. t. To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.
- n. A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.
- n. a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
- n:100 n. a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers