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Definition: Scrimshaw |
ScrimshawNoun1. A carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scrimshaw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Scrimshaw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.23% of the time. "Scrimshaw" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 69.23% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scrimshaw": scrimshaw-framed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scrimshaw | 573 |
knife scrimshaw | 13 |
glen scrimshaw | 11 |
ivory scrimshaw | 9 |
scrimshaw art | 8 |
scrimshaw tool | 8 |
hops scrimshaw | 8 |
grip scrimshaw | 7 |
scrimshaw picture | 7 |
horse scrimshaw | 6 |
scrimshaw artist | 6 |
scrimshaw supply | 5 |
scrimshaw history | 5 |
scrimshaw reproduction | 5 |
antique scrimshaw | 4 |
scrimshaw powder horn | 4 |
pistol grip scrimshaw | 3 |
scrimshaw wayne | 3 |
scrimshaw kit | 2 |
scrimshaw tooth whale | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scrimshaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i gdhendur në filfish, gdhendje në fildish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | украсявам с резба слонова кост, украсявам с резба раковини, украсени с резба раковини, украса върху слонова кост, украса върху раковини, резба върху слонова кост, резба върху раковини. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διακόσμηση χαραγμένη σε κογχύλια. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | farag (carve, chisel, grave, hew, sculpt, sculpture, shave, skive, to carve, to chip, to pare, to sculpt, to sculpture, to trim), csontfaragvány. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 수공'. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imshawscray gravar (carve, character, chase, chip, chisel, cut, enchase, engrain, engrave, grave, impress, imprint, incision, infix, ingraft, inscribe, print, record, score, stamp), esculpir (carve, chisel, engrave, gravedigger, sculpt, sculpture, whittle away), decorar (adorn, coffer, decorate, learned, memorialize, memorize, ornament, Patty). (various references) резьба на раковинах, вырезать на раковинах. (various references) rezbariti (carve), rezbarija (carving). (various references) talla en marfil. (various references) süslemek (adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedight, caparison, crown, damask, deck out, decorate, dike, dizen, doll out, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enamel, enrich, fancy up, fig out, figure, flourish, garnish, gild, gird, grace, interlard, lace, lard, ornament, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, set, smarten, tart up, tire, titivate, trick out, trick up, trig out, trig up, trim, zing up, zip, zip up), süs (adornment, apparel, attire, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, encrustation, enrichment, facings, falbala, falbelo, fancy, finery, flamboyance, flourish, flower, frill, frippery, garnish, garnishment, garniture, get up, make up, ornament, ornamental, ornamentation, setoff, setout, trim, trimming). (various references) різьблення на черепашках, різні прикраси. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scrimshaw": scrimshawed, scrimshawing, scrimshaws. (additional references) | |
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"Scrimshaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scimshaw, scremosal, scrimsahw, Sremska. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-m-r-s-s-w" | |
-1 letter: charisms. | |
-2 letters: charism, chiasms, chimars, chrisma, chrisms, racisms, warmish. | |
-3 letters: chairs, charms, chasms, chiasm, chimar, chirms, chrism, crasis, crissa, ihrams, marish, rachis, racism, rawish, schism, schwas, scrams, scrims, shawms, simars, smirch, swamis, swarms. | |
-4 letters: amirs, amiss, arsis, chair, chams, charm, chars, chasm, chaws, chias, chirm, crams, crash, crass, craws, hairs, harms, ihram, machs, mairs, march, marcs, marsh, micas, micra, saris, scams, scars, schwa, scram, scrim, shams, shawm, shaws, shims, shris, simar, simas, smash, swami, swarm, swash, swims, swish, wairs, warms, whams, whims, whirs, wisha. | |
-5 letters: aims, airs, amir, amis, arch, arcs, arms, asci, cams, cars, cash, caws, cham, char, chaw, chia, chis, cram, craw, cris, cwms, hair, hams, harm, haws, hiss, ichs, isms, mach, macs, mair, marc, mars, mash, mass, maws, mica, mirs, miss, rami, rams, rash, raws, rias, rich, rims, sacs, sari, sash, saws, scam, scar, sham, shaw, shim, shri, sics, sima, sims, sirs, sris, swam, swim, wair, warm, wars, wash, wham, whim, whir, wich, wish, wiss. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-m-r-s-s-w" | |
+1 letter: scrimshaws. | |
+2 letters: scrimshawed. | |
+3 letters: schwarmereis, scrimshawing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 72 69 6D 73 68 61 77 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .-. .. -- ... .... .- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01110011 01101000 01100001 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c r i m s h a w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0072 0069 006D 0073 0068 0061 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536984757985746789 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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