Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Scrimshaw

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Scrimshaw


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(1):

(n.) A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.

(2):

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