"scrimshaw" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹɪmʃɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɹɪmˌʃɔ/ [General-American], /-ˌʃɑ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrimshaw.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scrimshaws [plural]
Etymology: The origin of the verb is unknown, but it has possibly been influenced by the surname Scrimshaw. Various etymologies have been proposed (for example, that it derives from scrimshank (“(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty”)), but the Oxford English Dictionary does not consider any of them convincing. The noun is probably derived from the verb. Etymology templates: {{ref|From the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City, New York, U.S.A.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{unknown|en|unknown}} unknown, {{m|en|Scrimshaw}} Scrimshaw, {{m|en|scrimshank|t=(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty}} scrimshank (“(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty”), {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scrimshaw (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshaws)
  1. (countable) A small ornamental handicraft created by carving or engraving bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials, formerly produced by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages. Tags: also, attributive, countable Categories (topical): Nautical, Teeth Synonyms: scrimshander [archaic], scrimshandy [archaic]
    Sense id: en-scrimshaw-en-noun-mJpiHE90 Disambiguation of Nautical: 35 37 17 6 4 1 Disambiguation of Teeth: 29 23 20 15 13 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Whaling Disambiguation of American English: 31 33 17 10 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 43 11 2 2 0 Disambiguation of Whaling: 35 35 11 9 8 2
  2. (uncountable) The manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials, formerly by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages. Tags: also, attributive, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical, Teeth Synonyms: scrimshander [obsolete, rare], scrimshandering Translations (manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials): سكريمشا (Arabic), scrimshaw (Catalan), scrimshaw (Dutch), skurðmynd [feminine] (Faroese), scrimshaw (Finnish), norsunluukaiverrus (english: ivory) (Finnish), scrimshaw [masculine] (French), Scrimshaw (German), beinskurður (Icelandic), scrimshaw (Italian), scrimshaw (Polish), scrimshaw (Portuguese), scrimshaw (Spanish), scrimshaw (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scrimshaw-en-noun-09QUx5s0 Disambiguation of Nautical: 35 37 17 6 4 1 Disambiguation of Teeth: 29 23 20 15 13 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Whaling Disambiguation of American English: 31 33 17 10 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 43 11 2 2 0 Disambiguation of Whaling: 35 35 11 9 8 2 Disambiguation of 'manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials': 42 58

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹɪmʃɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɹɪmˌʃɔ/ [General-American], /-ˌʃɑ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrimshaw.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scrimshaws [present, singular, third-person], scrimshawing [participle, present], scrimshawed [participle, past], scrimshawed [past]
Etymology: The origin of the verb is unknown, but it has possibly been influenced by the surname Scrimshaw. Various etymologies have been proposed (for example, that it derives from scrimshank (“(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty”)), but the Oxford English Dictionary does not consider any of them convincing. The noun is probably derived from the verb. Etymology templates: {{ref|From the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City, New York, U.S.A.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{unknown|en|unknown}} unknown, {{m|en|Scrimshaw}} Scrimshaw, {{m|en|scrimshank|t=(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty}} scrimshank (“(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty”), {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrimshaw (third-person singular simple present scrimshaws, present participle scrimshawing, simple past and past participle scrimshawed)
  1. (transitive)
    To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical, Teeth
    Sense id: en-scrimshaw-en-verb-3aQagGys Disambiguation of Nautical: 35 37 17 6 4 1 Disambiguation of Teeth: 29 23 20 15 13 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Whaling Disambiguation of American English: 31 33 17 10 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 43 11 2 2 0 Disambiguation of Whaling: 35 35 11 9 8 2
  2. (transitive)
    To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Teeth
    Sense id: en-scrimshaw-en-verb-G7rLli5I Disambiguation of Teeth: 29 23 20 15 13 0
  3. (transitive)
    To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Teeth
    Sense id: en-scrimshaw-en-verb-YBybBZ92 Disambiguation of Teeth: 29 23 20 15 13 0
  4. (intransitive) To make a handicraft of scrimshaw. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make a handicraft of scrimshaw): ivoor bewerken (Dutch), knutselen (Dutch), entalhar (Portuguese), talhar (Portuguese), вырезать из раковины (vyrezatʹ iz rakoviny) (Russian), вырезать из слоновой кости (vyrezatʹ iz slonovoj kosti) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scrimshaw-en-verb-jWZTOSW3 Disambiguation of 'to make a handicraft of scrimshaw': 5 0 0 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scrimshawed [adjective], scrimshawer, scrimshawing [noun]

Inflected forms

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  "path": [
    "scrimshaw"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "scrimshaw",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: nautical",
  "path": [
    "scrimshaw"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "scrimshaw",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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