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scrimshander en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/

Etymology

Unknown.

Meanings

1. (countable) Someone who scrimshaws.
2. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of scrimshaw (“manufacture of items by sailors from bone, etc”).

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
scrimshanders	Number=Plur		lexicographic
scrimshaw		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

scrimshaw

scrimshander en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/

Etymology

Unknown.

Meanings

1. Synonym of scrimshaw.
   • Moreover, he possesses a handsome army of scrimshandered chessmen whom we shall keep busy until either the Prophetess’s departure or the Nellie’s arrival. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
scrimshandering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
scrimshanders	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
scrimshandered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
scrimshandered	Tense=Past		lexicographic
scrimshaw		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

scrimshaw