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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
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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