Scrim"shaw` (?), v. t.
To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.
[Sailor's cant. U.S.]
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Scrim"shaw`, n.
A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.
[Sailor's cant, U.S.]
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