Definition of Scrimshander

1. Noun. The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone. ¹

2. Noun. Someone who scrimshaws. ¹

3. Verb. To make an item of scrimshaw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrimshander

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrimshander

scrimpier
scrimpiest
scrimpily
scrimping
scrimping bar
scrimpingly
scrimpit
scrimple
scrimply
scrimpness
scrimps
scrimptions
scrimpy
scrims
scrimshander (current term)
scrimshandered
scrimshandering
scrimshanders
scrimshank
scrimshanked
scrimshanker
scrimshankers
scrimshanking
scrimshanks
scrimshaw
scrimshawed
scrimshawing
scrimshaws
scrimure

Literary usage of Scrimshander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cruise of the Alabama by P. D. Haywood (1886)
"... but I have many a time wished to use my cutlass on some mean blackguard, who seemed to take delight in smashing some little keepsake — scrimshander work ..."

2. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"... Master scrimshander." Far ahead of the travelers, standing taller than any of the city's buildings, a distant, jagged line of main masts pitched and ..."

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