Defn: The state of being scrimp.
SCRIMPTION
Scrimp"tion, n.
Defn: A small portion; a pittance; a little bit. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
SCRIMSHAW
Scrim"shaw`, v. t.
Defn: To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. [Sailor's cant. U.S.]
SCRIMSHAW
Scrim"shaw`, n.
Defn: A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.
[Sailor's cant, U.S.]
SCRINE
Scrine, n. Etym: [L. scrinium a case for books, letters, etc.: cf.
OF. escrin, F. écrin. See Shrine.]
Defn: A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine. [Obs.] But laid them up in immortial scrine. Spenser.
SCRINE
Scrine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scringing.]
Etym: [Cf. Cringe.]