| 单词 | scrimshaw work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrimshaw work scrimshaw work n. (a) articles decorated with engraved designs; = sense 2; (b) the practice of making such articles; = sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun] scrimshawing1844 skimshander1850 scrimshander1851 scrimshaw1864 scrimshaw work1864 scrimshandy1883 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 223 Scrimshaw, anything made by sailors for themselves in their leisure hours at sea, is termed Scrimshaw-work. 1895 Boston Sunday Globe 15 Dec. 2/4 The [whale]bone..was dumped over the side as waste, or only saved by the sailors for ‘scrimshaw work’, as they termed their employment in idle hours. 1915 Proc. Nantucket Hist. Assoc. 21 14 The ‘scrimshont’ work still continues to come in and we have added..seven more specimens of the industry of our whalemen. 1954 Times 10 Apr. 7/6 The carving, whittling, and scrimshaw work of the sailors. 2003 D. Darom Art & Design in Mod. Custom Folding Knives 45 Linda Karst Stone has over twenty-five years experience in producing scrimshaw work for collectors around the world. < as lemmas |
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