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scrimshaw
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noun
- intricate decoration and carving of bone, ivory, etc., as of whales and walruses, done esp. by sailors on long voyages
- an article so made, or such articles collectively
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to carve (shells, bone, etc.) in making scrimshaw
See scrimshaw in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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