scrimshandern.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪmˌʃandə/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪmˌʃændər/

Forms: 1800s skimshander, 1800s– scrimshander, 1800s– skrimshander, 1900s– scrimshanter, 1900s– scrimshonter, 1900s– skrimshonter.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: scrimshandering n.

Etymology: Probably a back-formation < scrimshandering n. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare earlier scrimshawing n., scrimshaw n., and later scrimshandy n. In sense 3 apparently with the ending reanalysed as -er suffix¹.

Originally U.S. Nautical.

†1. The practice of making small articles from whalebone or whales' teeth, carried out by seamen employed on whaling ships as a means of passing the time during long voyages. Cf. scrimshawing n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors xiii. 204 Mux and skimshander are the general names by which they express the ways in which whalemen busy themselves when making passages, and in the intervals of taking whales, in working up sperm whales' jaws and teeth and right whale bone into boxes, swifts, reels, canes, whips, folders, stamps, and all sorts of things, according to their ingenuity.

1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 311/2 (gloss.) Scrimshawing..or skimshander..is to execute any piece of ingenious mechanical work. It is applied particularly to polishing and engraving upon whalebone or whale's teeth, or manufacturing fancy articles from the same materials.

2. Small articles, typically of ivory or bone, decorated with engraved designs, originally produced (esp. from whalebone or whales' teeth) by seamen employed on whaling ships, as a means of passing the time during long voyages; = scrimshaw n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun]

scrimshawing1844

skimshander1850

scrimshander1851

scrimshaw1864

scrimshaw work1864

scrimshandy1883

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick iii. 14 I found a number of young seamen..examining..divers specimens of scrimshander.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lvii. 302 Other like skrimshander articles.

1906 B. Lubbock Jack Derringer ii. ii. 171 Specimens of skrimshander, rare shells and Japanese nitchkies in cabinets.

1966 Humboldt Times (Eureka, Calif.) 9 Nov. 9/1 During these long voyages the officers and crew members developed a common hobby—the making of scrimshander.

3. A person who makes scrimshander (sense 2); a scrimshawer.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun] > practitioner

scrimshawer1853

scrimshander1908

1908 J. R. Spears Story New Eng. Whalers x. 283 The tools used by the ‘scrimshanders’, as these workers are called, were usually as rude as those used by the aborigines.

1948 Atlantic Jan. 106/2 Before I stopped in at the Peabody Museum in Salem, I had never seen any quantity of the ivory trinkets produced by skrimshanders.

1976 Christian Sci. Monitor 8 Oct. 19/1 Scrimshander Robert Lavery..has taught an evening course in scrimshaw for the past nine years.

2008 A. R. Gehring Back to Basics (ed. 3) v. 334/1 Modern scrimshanders, concerned with the fate of the world's whale population, are turning to new materials.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrimshander
释义	scrimshandern. Brit. /ˈskrɪmˌʃandə/, U.S. /ˈskrɪmˌʃændər/ Forms: 1800s skimshander, 1800s– scrimshander, 1800s– skrimshander, 1900s– scrimshanter, 1900s– scrimshonter, 1900s– skrimshonter. Origin: Probably formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: scrimshandering n. Etymology: Probably a back-formation < scrimshandering n. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare earlier scrimshawing n., scrimshaw n., and later scrimshandy n. In sense 3 apparently with the ending reanalysed as -er suffix¹. Originally U.S. Nautical. †1. The practice of making small articles from whalebone or whales' teeth, carried out by seamen employed on whaling ships as a means of passing the time during long voyages. Cf. scrimshawing n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors xiii. 204 Mux and skimshander are the general names by which they express the ways in which whalemen busy themselves when making passages, and in the intervals of taking whales, in working up sperm whales' jaws and teeth and right whale bone into boxes, swifts, reels, canes, whips, folders, stamps, and all sorts of things, according to their ingenuity. 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 311/2 (gloss.) Scrimshawing..or skimshander..is to execute any piece of ingenious mechanical work. It is applied particularly to polishing and engraving upon whalebone or whale's teeth, or manufacturing fancy articles from the same materials. 2. Small articles, typically of ivory or bone, decorated with engraved designs, originally produced (esp. from whalebone or whales' teeth) by seamen employed on whaling ships, as a means of passing the time during long voyages; = scrimshaw n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun] scrimshawing1844 skimshander1850 scrimshander1851 scrimshaw1864 scrimshaw work1864 scrimshandy1883 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick iii. 14 I found a number of young seamen..examining..divers specimens of scrimshander. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lvii. 302 Other like skrimshander articles. 1906 B. Lubbock Jack Derringer ii. ii. 171 Specimens of skrimshander, rare shells and Japanese nitchkies in cabinets. 1966 Humboldt Times (Eureka, Calif.) 9 Nov. 9/1 During these long voyages the officers and crew members developed a common hobby—the making of scrimshander. 3. A person who makes scrimshander (sense 2); a scrimshawer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun] > practitioner scrimshawer1853 scrimshander1908 1908 J. R. Spears Story New Eng. Whalers x. 283 The tools used by the ‘scrimshanders’, as these workers are called, were usually as rude as those used by the aborigines. 1948 Atlantic Jan. 106/2 Before I stopped in at the Peabody Museum in Salem, I had never seen any quantity of the ivory trinkets produced by skrimshanders. 1976 Christian Sci. Monitor 8 Oct. 19/1 Scrimshander Robert Lavery..has taught an evening course in scrimshaw for the past nine years. 2008 A. R. Gehring Back to Basics (ed. 3) v. 334/1 Modern scrimshanders, concerned with the fate of the world's whale population, are turning to new materials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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