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Damasked

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dam⋅ask

  [dam-uhsk]
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–noun
1. a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
2. napery of this material.
3. Metallurgy.
a. Also called damask steel. Damascus steel.
b. the pattern or wavy appearance peculiar to the surface of such steel.
4. the pink color of the damask rose.
–adjective
5. made of or resembling damask: damask cloth.
6. of the pink color of the damask rose.
–verb (used with object)
7. to damascene.
8. to weave or adorn with elaborate design, as damask cloth.
Origin:
1200–50; ME damaske < ML damascus, named after Damascus where fabrics were first made
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dam·ask   (dām'əsk)   
n.  

  1. A rich patterned fabric of cotton, linen, silk, or wool.

  2. A fine, twilled table linen.

  3. Damascus steel.

  4. The wavy pattern on Damascus steel.

tr.v.   dam·asked, dam·ask·ing, dam·asks

  1. To damascene.

  2. To decorate or weave with rich patterns.


[Middle English, Damascus, damask, from Latin Damascus, from Greek Damaskos.]
dam'ask adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

damask 
c.1250, Damaske "cloth from Damascus," the Syrian city, famous in medieval times for steel and silk, from Gk. Damaskos, from Ar. Dimashq.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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