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Damascene, a. and n.|dæməˈsiːn|
Also 4 damyssene, -assene, 4–7 damasene, 6–7 damascen, -sine: see also damson.
[ad. L. Damascēn-us, Gr. Δαµασκηνός of Damascus. Cf. Ger. damascen.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the city of Damascus.
[c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 17 Loo Adam in the feeld of Damyssene [= in agro Damasceno] With goddes owene fynger wroght was he. ]1543Traheron Virgo's Chirurg. vi. i. Gloss., Another kynde [of viscum] is called Damascene, and commeth from Damasco. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Damas, Huile de Damas, oyle Damascene. 1875Scrivener Lect. Text N. Test. 17 About the ninth century, a rough, brown, unsightly paper, made of cotton rags, and sometimes called Damascene from the place where it was invented, crept gradually into use.
2. Of or pertaining to damask, (fabrics), or to the art of damascening metal; as damascene work.
1541Ord. 33 Hen. VIII in Nicholls Househ. Ord. (1790) 215 In fine Diaper, In Damasene worke. 1550in Athenæum 21 Oct. (1871) 520/3, 4 damascene buttons were cut off my lord's gown in the privy-chamber. 1880G. C. M. Birdwood Industr. Arts India I. 141 A vast establishment of..damascene workers, chiefly for ornamenting arms. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 139/1 Damascene Lace... The difference between it and Modern Point lace..consists in the introduction into Damascene of real Honiton sprigs, and the absence of any needle-worked Fillings. 1883C. C. Perkins Ital. Sculpt. 100 (Stanford) The damascene work and the foliated ornaments..challenge comparison with bronzes of any period.
3. damascene plum: see damson 1 c.
B. n.
1. A native of Damascus.
1382Wyclif 2 Cor. xi. 32 The cite of Damascenys.
2. Damascene work; formerly applied to damask.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 285 For brynging of damysens from Colchester. 1553in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 489/3 [Damascene, 6 ells {at}3/.]. 1844Mech. Mag. XL. 342 The damascene which appears upon the surface of steel is very various. 1873Dixon Two Queens I. v. i. 233 A Spanish silversmith copied arabesques and damascenes.
3. See damson. |