SCRIMSHAW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scrimshaw" is a kind of...):

carving (a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb scrimshaw

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