Scrimshaw abuse

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Residue from a scrimshaw abuse binge. These pieces are confined in a protective vitrine, to prevent further spread of the disease.

Scrimshaw abuse, sometimes known as ivory towering, is a patterned use of scrimshaw (nonfiction) in which the scrimshander (nonfiction) produces scrimshaw (nonfiction) with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others.

Scrimshaw abuse is a form of matter-related disorder.

Widely differing definitions of scrimshaw abuse are used in public health, medical aesthetics, and admiralty law contexts.

Extract of Radium is hazardously popular with scrimshaw abusers.

In the News

  • Poseidon warning against scrimshaw (550–525 BC). Inscription (not shown) reads: "Put down the knife. P."

    Poseidon warning against scrimshaw (550–525 BC). Inscription (not shown) reads: "Put down the knife. P."

  • Grave of the pirate Olivier Levasseurs, with cannon to ward of scrimshaw ghosts.

    Grave of the pirate Olivier Levasseurs, with cannon to ward of scrimshaw ghosts.

  • Cinnamon pirate flag. Pirates have a gift for scrimshaw abuse.

    Cinnamon pirate flag. Pirates have a gift for scrimshaw abuse.

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