scrimshawingn.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪmʃɔː(r)ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪmˌʃɔɪŋ/,

/ˈskrɪmˌʃɑɪŋ/

Forms: see scrimshaw v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1800s scrimshon (nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scrimshaw v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < scrimshaw v. + -ing suffix¹.Attested in a wide variety of forms in the 19th and early 20th centuries (see forms at scrimshaw v.); scrimshawing is now the most common form.

Originally U.S. Nautical.

1. The action or practice of scrimshawing (see scrimshaw v.).Recorded earliest in attributive use.

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1823 G. Attwater Jrnl. May in E. J. Dolin Leviathan (2007) 437 Most of the Ship's company are employed working bone evry opertunity they can get. This scrimpshawing buissness gose by fits & starts.

1838 W. Comstock Voy. to Pacific ii. 30 Let every man do his duty at mast head and on deck. Let me see no more reading books and writing letters; no more skrimshonting.

1843 J. C. Osborn Jrnl. 5 June in E. A. Stackpole Charles W. Morgan: Last Wooden Whaleship (1967) 56 Employed a-scrimshon.

1850 N. Kingsley Diary 15 Dec. (1914) 161 There is plenty of time to tinker or read or do any kind of ‘Scrimshonging’ any-one feels disposed to do.

1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. iii. vi. 275 Much of the leisure time during those long voyages..was occupied in ‘scrimshawing’.

1919 Brooklyn Mus. Q. July 161 American whalemen invented, or at least adapted and elaborated, the admirable craft of scrimshawing.

1987 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) Entertainment 25 Dec. 7/1 Originally, scrimshaw consisted of the scrimshoning of decorative or useful articles.

2007 E. J. Dolin Leviathan xiv. 267 The lower jaw was severed and set aside on the deck to rot until the teeth..could be..extracted for use in scrimshawing or for trade.

†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. Cf. scrimshaw n. 2. Obsolete.

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

scrimshawing1844

skimshander1850

scrimshander1851

scrimshaw1864

scrimshaw work1864

scrimshandy1883

1844 G. Hall Jrnl. in D. Denneen Volo & J. M. Volo Daily Life in Age of Sail (2002) vii. 137 Almost all hands employed in getting our Busks, swifts fids, gimlet handles, canes and such like Scrimshonting to present to their friends with when we get home.

1860 W. B. Whitecar Four Years Aboard Whaleship (1864) 360 Our Scrimschawing, or to use a less outlandish term, our different manufactures from the bone and ivory procured from the whale, were to these people great curiosities.

1913 Proc. Nantucket Hist. Assoc. 19 13 Our collection has..been augmented by..one unusually artistic piece of scrimshonting, consisting of a whale-bone box, made at sea about 1840.

1922 N. W. Paine Smith Provincetown Bk. 258 Dealers are buying the old sea-chests, the luster, the scrimshawing, the daguerreotypes, though most of it is still untouched.

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

单词	scrimshawing
释义	scrimshawingn. Brit. /ˈskrɪmʃɔː(r)ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskrɪmˌʃɔɪŋ/, /ˈskrɪmˌʃɑɪŋ/ Forms: see scrimshaw v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1800s scrimshon (nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scrimshaw v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < scrimshaw v. + -ing suffix¹.Attested in a wide variety of forms in the 19th and early 20th centuries (see forms at scrimshaw v.); scrimshawing is now the most common form. Originally U.S. Nautical. 1. The action or practice of scrimshawing (see scrimshaw v.).Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΚΠ 1823 G. Attwater Jrnl. May in E. J. Dolin Leviathan (2007) 437 Most of the Ship's company are employed working bone evry opertunity they can get. This scrimpshawing buissness gose by fits & starts. 1838 W. Comstock Voy. to Pacific ii. 30 Let every man do his duty at mast head and on deck. Let me see no more reading books and writing letters; no more skrimshonting. 1843 J. C. Osborn Jrnl. 5 June in E. A. Stackpole Charles W. Morgan: Last Wooden Whaleship (1967) 56 Employed a-scrimshon. 1850 N. Kingsley Diary 15 Dec. (1914) 161 There is plenty of time to tinker or read or do any kind of ‘Scrimshonging’ any-one feels disposed to do. 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. iii. vi. 275 Much of the leisure time during those long voyages..was occupied in ‘scrimshawing’. 1919 Brooklyn Mus. Q. July 161 American whalemen invented, or at least adapted and elaborated, the admirable craft of scrimshawing. 1987 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) Entertainment 25 Dec. 7/1 Originally, scrimshaw consisted of the scrimshoning of decorative or useful articles. 2007 E. J. Dolin Leviathan xiv. 267 The lower jaw was severed and set aside on the deck to rot until the teeth..could be..extracted for use in scrimshawing or for trade. †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. Cf. scrimshaw n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > scrimshaw > [noun] scrimshawing1844 skimshander1850 scrimshander1851 scrimshaw1864 scrimshaw work1864 scrimshandy1883 1844 G. Hall Jrnl. in D. Denneen Volo & J. M. Volo Daily Life in Age of Sail (2002) vii. 137 Almost all hands employed in getting our Busks, swifts fids, gimlet handles, canes and such like Scrimshonting to present to their friends with when we get home. 1860 W. B. Whitecar Four Years Aboard Whaleship (1864) 360 Our Scrimschawing, or to use a less outlandish term, our different manufactures from the bone and ivory procured from the whale, were to these people great curiosities. 1913 Proc. Nantucket Hist. Assoc. 19 13 Our collection has..been augmented by..one unusually artistic piece of scrimshonting, consisting of a whale-bone box, made at sea about 1840. 1922 N. W. Paine Smith Provincetown Bk. 258 Dealers are buying the old sea-chests, the luster, the scrimshawing, the daguerreotypes, though most of it is still untouched. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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