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Thesaurus: scrimshaw

To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.

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