单词 | scrimshandering |
释义 | scrimshanderingn. Originally U.S. Nautical. The art or practice of producing scrimshaw (scrimshaw n. 2).Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lvii. 303 The skrimshandering business. 1948 Atlantic Jan. 108/1 The Whaling Museum..displays a shelf of skrimshandering tools made by hand on the whaleship Awashonks. 1972 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 4 Mar. (Green section) 1/6 No longer is the supply [of whale teeth] great enough to permit any scrimshandering. 1986 Historic Illinois Aug. 16/3 [A] variety of crafts, including..wheat weaving, dulcimer making, scrimshantering, tinsmithing, and basket making. 1999 New Eng. Q. 72 187 Scrimshandering was highly individualized and required such skills as carving, inlay, and engraving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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