scrimshaw

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

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