10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRIMSHANDY»
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Upon entering the Whaling Museum one is immediately struck by a room
containing nothing but scrimshaw or scrimshandy. There are over 1600 pieces in
this fabulous collection which has to be the finest in the world. According to
Edouard ...
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Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi ...
[Farmer] scrimshandy An Americanism signifying the objects in ivory and bone
carved by whalemen during their long voyages. Synonymous with scrimshaw. [
Barrère] scriptorean Scripturist. Georgia. [Sherwood] scrongo An automobile; ...
Other forms of the word are: Scrimshandy, Scrimshander, Skimshander,
Skrimshander, Scrimshonter. SciuMsHAw, "ro: To practice the Art of Scrimshaw.
The usual tools are a saw, a knife, and a file. ScULL, To: To work the steering-oar
tailwise ...
Clifford Warren Ashley, 1942
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Cf Swed and Dan skrumpen shrivelled, OE scrimman to shrink] scrimshander,
scrimshandy See scrimshaw. scrimshank. See skrimshank. scrimshaw skrim'sho,
n a sailor's spare-time handicraft, such as engraving or carving fanciful designs ...
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The Fisheries Exhibition Literature ...
... Gloucester Seamen's and Fishermen's Widows' and Orphans' Aid Society. XXV
. — Habits or Fishermen. 109. Collection illustrating the games, amusements,
literature, art-work of the fishermen ; musical instruments, carvings (" scrimshandy
...
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Listening to America: an illustrated history of words and ...
... 162 scribbling block, 209 scribbling pad, 209 scrimmage, 238 scrimmage
down , 239 scrimmage line, 238 scrimp, 295 scrimshandy, 509 scrimshaw, 509,
510 scrimsbaw-work, 509 scrimshonger, 509 scrimsbonging, 509 scn/», 382
scrofula, ...
Stuart Berg Flexner, 1982
Shops and outfitting establishments. 322. SEA LIKE OK MARINERS. Interior
views and plans. Sleeping accommodations, bunks and hammocks. Rations.
Galley and its outfit. Handicraft. Ropework. Scrimshandy. Tattooing. Amusements
. 323.
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United States Congressional serial set
Hospitals. Shops and outfitting establishments. 322. Sea Like of Mariners. Interior
views and plans. Sleeping accommodations, bunks and hammocks. Rations.
Galley and its outfit. Handicraft. Ropework. Scrimshandy. Tattooing. Amusements
.
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Sailors' Language: A Collection of Sea-terms and Their ...
Scrimshandy. — An Americanism signifying the objects in ivory or bone carved
by whalemen during their long voyages. Scrive board. — A number of planks
clamped edge to edge together, and painted black. On these boards are marked
with ...
William Clark Russell, 1883
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian ...
SEA LIFE or MARINsRs. Interior views and plans. Sleeping accommodations,
bunks and hammocks. Rations. Galley and its outfit. Handicraft. Ropcwork.
Scrimshandy. Amusement-s. Places 01' amusement. Tattooing. 323. 324. 325.
326. 327.
United States National Museum, 1892
