scrimshander

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
  2. Noun.  (countable) Someone who scrimshaws.
  3. Verb.  To make an item of scrimshaw.

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