scrimshaw (skrimsha)

and a. [ II. a . Made by scrimshawing. Let us examine some of the scrimshaw work. We find handsome writing desks, toilet boxes, and work boxes made of foreign woods, inlaid with hundreds of other pieces of precious woods of various shapes and shades. Fisheries of U. S. , V. ii. 232. scrims hon, scrims chon, scrims horn, etc., v. and n. See scrimshaw. It.