| 单词 | damascus | 
| 释义 | Damascusn.  An ancient city, the capital of Cœle-Syria, famous for its steel and its silk fabrics. Often used attributively, as  Damascus blade, etc.; also absol. = Damascus steel, etc.  Damascus iron: a combination of pieces of iron and steel welded together and rolled out, in imitation of the steel of Damascus.  Damascus-twist: see quot. 18742. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > 			[adjective]		 > made of steel > of specific type damask?1611 Damascus1637 1637    J. Fletcher  & P. Massinger Elder Brother  v. i. sig. I1  				A Millan hilt, and a Damasco blade. 1665    T. Herbert Some Years Trav. 		(new ed.)	 149  				A Sword not so hooked as the Damasco. 1728    E. Chambers Cycl.  				Damascus-Steel..remarkable for its excellent Temper. 1830    Mechanics' Mag. 14 31  				By filing semicircular grooves into both sides of the blade, and again subjecting it to the hammer, a beautiful roset-shaped Damascus is obtained. 1846    W. Greener Sci. Gunnery 		(new ed.)	 113  				On examination of..real Damascus barrels. 1874    E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 674/2  				The fineness of the Damascus depends upon the number and thickness of the alternations [of iron and steel]. 1874    E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 674/2  				Damascus-twist, a kind of gun-barrel made of a ribbon of Damascus-iron coiled around a mandrel and welded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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