Damask
['dæməsk]
Definition
(noun.) a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it.
(noun.) a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern.
(adj.) having a woven pattern; 'damask table linens' .
Editor: Nell--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
(n.) Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
(n.) A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.
(n.) Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
(n.) A deep pink or rose color.
(a.) Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
(a.) Having the color of the damask rose.
(v. t.) To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen.
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Definition
n. figured stuff originally of silk now of linen cotton or wool the figure being woven not printed.—v.t. to flower or variegate as cloth.—adj. of a red colour like that of a damask rose.—v.t. Damaskeen′ to decorate metal (esp. steel) by inlaying or encrusting on it patterns like damask in other metals: to ornament with flowery patterns to damask.—ns. Damaskeen′ing Damasceen′ing the watered or striated structure seen in certain sword-blades and other weapons: the ornamental incrustation with gold and silver of steel and iron surfaces; Damaskin′ a Damascus blade: a damaskeened blade; Dam′ask-plum the damson; Dam′ask-rose a species of pink-rose; Dam′ask-steel Damascus steel; Dam′assin damask with flowered patterns in gold or silver thread.—Damascus blade a Damascus sword the surface marked by wavy and variegating lines.
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Examples
- You find the damask rose a goodish stock for most of the tender sorts, don't you, Mr. Gardener? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But if we ever do go and get damask, Sadler's is the place--far better than Hopkins's. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here are two damask table-napkins. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Every cover was taken off, and the apartment blazed forth in yellow silk damask and a brilliantly-flowered carpet. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And here my eye fell on an easy-chair covered with blue damask. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Rochester, as he sat in his damask-covered chair, looked different to what I had seen him look before; not quite so stern--much less gloomy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A gilded mirror filled up the space between two windows, curtained amply with blue damask. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Susan