| 单词 | scrimshandy work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrimshandy work Small articles, typically of ivory or bone, decorated with engraved designs, originally produced (esp. from whalebone or whales' teeth) by seamen employed on whaling ships, as a means of passing the time during long voyages; = scrimshaw n. Now only attributive in scrimshandy work, in the same sense (cf. scrimshaw work n. (a) at scrimshaw n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun] scrimshawing1844 skimshander1850 scrimshander1851 scrimshaw1864 scrimshaw work1864 scrimshandy1883 1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. 121 Scrimshandy, an Americanism signifying the objects in ivory or bone carved by whalemen during their long voyages. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 198 Collection illustrating the games, amusements, literature, art-work of the fishermen; musical instruments, carvings (‘scrimshandy’), &c. 1976 Boating Jan. 72/3 Upon entering the Whaling Museum one is immediately struck by a room containing nothing but scrimshaw or scrimshandy. 1997 D. Gaze Dict. Women Artists I. 361/1 Carrington's tinselled pictures..were inspired by..the scrim-shandy work of mariners and the rose and castle of canal boats. < as lemmas |
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