skrimshander

English

Noun

skrimshander (countable and uncountable, plural skrimshanders)

1. Alternative form of scrimshander
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     Upon entering the place I found a number of young seamen gathered about a table, examining by a dim light divers specimens of skrimshander.

Verb

skrimshander (third-person singular simple present skrimshanders, present participle skrimshandering, simple past and past participle skrimshandered)

1. Alternative form of scrimshander