damaskn.adj.
/ˈdaməsk/, U.S. /ˈdæməsk/ I. The place and associated attributive uses..† 1. The city of Damascus. Obsolete.
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 761 At damaske is ðe ðridde stede Quer abram is bigging dede.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 486 So many prelates..Of Nazareth, of Nynyue, of Neptalim, and damaske.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 32 Thorow all dammask and liba.
1539 Inventories 49 (Jam.) Tapestryis.—Item, vi pece of the cietie of Dammys.
2. attributive. = Made at or brought from Damascus, as damask blade, damask sword, etc. (see 7 below); damask cloth, damask silk (see 3, 6 below); also the following:
a. damask plum n. Obsolete = damson n.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > damson
damsona1400
damasee14..
damask prune1539
damson plum1584
damask plum1600
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxxviii. 505 Damaske plums..are of three sorts, the blacke, red, and violet colour.
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 56 The Damasco-Plum is a good fruit, and the trees beare well.]
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 70 in Sylva Plums..Damasc, Denny Damasc.
b. † damask prune n. Obsolete = damson n.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > damson
damsona1400
damasee14..
damask prune1539
damson plum1584
damask plum1600
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > damson
damask prune1539
Morocco plum1629
Morocco1707
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 74 Drie prunis [v. r. prunes] of damascenes.]
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 22 The damaske prune rather bindeth than lowseth.
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. ii. v. f. 268v/1 Take of reysons..of damaske prunes.
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xvi. 29 Also Medlars, Peaches, Cheries, Grapes,..damaske proynes so they be sweete.
c. † damask powder n. Obsolete ? a toilet-powder scented with damask roses.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > powders > scented
damask powder?a1547
sweet-powder1573
diapasm1616
pulvilio1675
pulvila1685
foo-foo1880
talcum powder1901
dusting-powder1907
talcum1908
talc1938
?a1547 [see damask rose n. at sense 2d].
1634 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons lxviii For 4 li of damaske powder for Gooddy Webb.
1637 T. Heywood Royall King iv. sig. I Now farewell Gun-powder, I must change thee into Damask-powder.
d. damask rose n. a species or variety of rose, supposed to have been originally brought from Damascus.Apparently, originally the Rosa gallica variant damascena, a tall shrub with semi-double pink or light-red (rarely white) flowers, cultivated in the East for attar of roses; but this underwent many changes under cultivation in the West, and the name has been very variously applied by English authors. According to Miller (1768) the monthly rose, striped monthly, and York-and-Lancaster, were supposed to be varieties of the Damask rose. The name was later applied to a variety of R. gallica with very deep-coloured flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush
summer rosea1456
French rose1538
damask rose?a1547
musk rose1559
province1562
winter rose1577
Austrian brier1590
rose of Provence1597
velvet rose1597
damasine-rose1607
Provence rose1614
blush-rose1629
maiden's blush1648
monthly rose tree1664
Provinsa1678
York and Lancaster rose1688
cinnamon rose1699
muscat rose1707
cabbage rose1727
China-rose1731
old-fashioned rose1773
moss rose1777
swamp rose1785
alba1797
Cherokee rose1804
Macartney rose1811
shepherd's rose1818
multiflora1820
prairie rose1822
Boursault1826
Banksian rose1827
maiden rose1827
moss1829
Noisette1829
seven sisters rose1830
Dundee rambler1834
Banksia rose1835
Chickasaw rose1835
Bourbon1836
climbing rose1836
green rose1837
hybrid China1837
Jaune Desprez1837
Lamarque1837
perpetual1837
pillar rose1837
rambler1837
wax rose1837
rugosa1840
China1844
Manetti1846
Banksian1847
remontant1847
gallica1848
hybrid perpetual1848
Persian Yellow1848
pole rose1848
monthly1849
tea rose1850
quarter sessions rose1851
Gloire de Dijon1854
Jacqueminot1857
Maréchal Niel1864
primrose1864
jack1867
La France1868
tea1869
Ramanas rose1876
Japanese rose1883
polyantha1883
old rose1885
American Beauty1887
hybrid tea1890
Japan rose1895
roselet1896
floribunda1898
Zéphirine Drouhin1901
Penzance briar1902
Dorothy Perkins1903
sweetheart1905
wichuraiana1907
mermaid1918
species rose1930
sweetheart rose1936
peace1944
shrub rose1948
?a1547 Ten Recipes Henry VIII in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ix. 224 Putt therto half an vnce of fyne pouldre of redde dammaske rosys.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. i. 655 We cal them in English, Roses of Prouince, and Damaske Roses.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. i. 654 The flowers..be neither redde nor white, but of a mixt colour betwixt red and white, almost carnation colour.
1582 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 165 The Damaske rose [brought in] by Doctour Linaker king Henry the seuenth and king Henrie the eights Physician.
1647 J. Hall Poems i. 45 Damast-roses yet unblown.
1744 Trav. Late Charles Thompson III. 13 Rose-Water made of the Damask Roses which grow here plentifully.
1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses xi The Damask [rose] with its few rich velvety-crimson petals, is a memory, and that is all.
e. damask violet n. = dame's-violet n. (In German Damastblume.)
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > white or purple flowers
garden rocket1548
queen's gillyflower1573
cuckoo-flower1578
damask violet1578
dame's-violet1578
rogue's gilliflower1578
wild passerage1578
lady's smock1593
Canterbury bells1597
close-sciences1597
sea stock-gillyflower1597
cardamine1609
melancholic gentleman1629
melancholy gentleman1629
Whitsun gilliflower1656
Hesperis1666
rocket1731
queen's violet1733
queen's July-flower1760
Virginian stock1760
spinka1774
damewort1776
virgin-stock1786
pink1818
sea-stock1849
clown's mustard1861
rock beauty1870
milksile-
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 153 In English Damaske violets, Dames violets or Gillofers.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 377 Dames Violets is called..in English Damaske Violets [etc.].
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 154.
f. † damask water n. Obsolete rose-water distilled from Damask roses.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically
ewrosec1350
stacte1382
oil of rosesa1398
rose watera1398
sandalc1400
musk?a1425
damask water?1520
malabathrum1543
orris1545
civet1553
ambracan1555
rose cake1559
lavender-water1563
oil of spikenard1565
zibet1594
orange-flower water1595
orris powder?1600
spike-oil1611
angel water1634
cypress-powder1634
angelica1653
jasmine1670
jessamy1671
rosat1674
frangipane1676
marechale1676
orangery1676
tuberose1682
jasmine-water1750
otto1759
rose geranium1773
millefleurs1775
new-mown hay1789
attar1798
eau-de-Cologne1802
Cologne1814
dedes1817
eau de Portugal1825
verbena1837
rondeletia1838
bay-rum1840
Florida water1840
citronelle1841
patchouli1843
citronella1849
gardenia1851
sandalwood oil1851
Ess Bouquet1855
marmala water1857
mignonette1858
spikenard oil1861
sandalwood1865
serpolet1866
ylang-ylang1876
flower-water1886
lily1890
lilac1895
stephanotis1895
tea rose1897
chypre1898
Peau d'Espagne1898
violette de Parme1904
poppy1905
Parma violet1907
wallflower1907
1306 N. de Tingewick in Archæol. Jrnl. (1857) 14 271 Item pro aqua rosata de Damasco.]
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. E.iij With damaske water made so well That all ye howse therof shall smell As it were pardyse.
1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 224 The Capitayne sprinkeled the Kynges with damaske water.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Damas Eau de Damas, Damaske, or sweet, water (distilled from all sorts of odoriferous hearbs).
II. As a name of substances originally produced at Damascus.
3.
a. A rich silk fabric woven with elaborate designs and figures, often of a variety of colours.Also applied to figured materials of silk and wool, silk and cotton, or worsted or cotton only, used for furniture-covering, curtains, etc. ‘True damasks are wholly of silk, but the term is now applied to any fabric of wool, linen, or cotton, woven in the manner of the first damasks’ (S. W. Beck, Draper's Dict.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > patterned or figured > damask
damaskc1430
Damascene1481
damassin1839
c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes iii. vi Clothes of veluet, Damaske and of golde.
1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 463 A newe vestment off whyght damaske fore a dekyn.
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 No man, vnder the saide estates..shall..weare any saten, damaske, silke, chamblet, or taffata.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. x. sig. P.viii/1 A linnen or wollen garmente doth as well couer and become the bodye, as damasks and veluetts.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2425/4 3 Pieces of Crimson Missena Damasks, of a large Flower, commonly used for Beds, and Hangings of Rooms.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 290 All ye bed and hangings are of fine damaske made of worsted.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 22 A Quantity of China Damasks, and other wrought Silks.
1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 415 The draw-loom..is now used to a very considerable extent in weaving carpets and figured damasks.
b. A twilled linen fabric richly figured in the weaving with designs which show up by opposite reflexions of light from the surface; used chiefly for table-linen.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > twilled
damask1542
table damask1742
drabbet1819
1542 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 487/3 Damask diaper 1 yd...2/2.
1624 Will in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 364 One suite of damaske..for his table.
1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 13 Damask..is a very fine sort of..Linnen, and is wrought into several sorts of fine Imagery, and Figures..it is for few uses except for Table-Linnen.
1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 20 Oct. 72 He looked at the table-cloth, and praised the figure of the damask.
1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 23 The table is laid..damask, plate, glass, is perfect.
4.
a. Steel manufactured at Damascus; also steel or a combination of iron and steel exhibiting a similar variegated surface: more fully damask steel.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > steel with variegated surface
damask1621
meteor steel1827
meteoric steel1831
1621 Knolles's Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 3) 1297 Two kniues of damaske, with hafts of iasper.
1844 Mechanics' Mag. 40 342 All steel which exhibits a surface figured with dark lines, is called damask.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Damask-steel, a laminated metal of pure iron and steel, of peculiar quality, produced by careful heating, laborious forging, doubling, and twisting.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 567 The curious product called damask-steel possesses both edge and elasticity, and all the great Eastern swords owe to it their celebrity.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 568 He made some swords which would bend till the point touched the hilt, and which would also cut through an iron bar..the same two faculties have never been conjoined in any other steel than damask.
b. The wavy pattern on the surface of Damascus steel, or of iron and steel welded together and corroded with weak acid.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [noun] > moire > of iron and steel
Damascene1481
damask1818
1818 M. Faraday Exper. Res. (1820) xvi. 59 The damask itself is merely an exhibition of crystallisation.
1844 Mechanics' Mag. 40 342 Common steel acquires no visible damask by gradual refrigeration.
5. The colour of the damask rose: esp. as seen in the face of a woman.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > pinkness > [noun]
damask1600
peach bloom1652
peachiness1820
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. xxvi. 24 Her damaske late, now chang'd to purest white.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 124 There was a pretty rednesse in his lip..'twas iust the difference Betwixt the constant red, and mingled Damaske . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 213 The Warre of White and Damaske In their nicely gawded Cheekes. View more context for this quotation
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 10 She..Blush'd a live damask.
III. attributive and adj. from senses under branch II. But early examples of damask cloth, blade, etc., mean literally ‘of Damascus’, and so belong to sense 2 above.† 9. = damasked adj. 3 (? a misprint).
6. Made of damask (silk or cloth); furnished with damask.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > damask
damask1490
Damascene1541
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 61 A fayre whyte coueryng of damaske clothe.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iii. ii, in Wks. I. 554 A damasque table-cloth, cost me eighteen pound. View more context for this quotation
1682 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 340 One fair damask linen cloth and a damask napkin.
1755 M. Delany Let. 17 Nov. in Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. Lady Anson began the last ball in a green damask sack.
1814 Hist. Univ. Oxf. II. 261 The dress of the Chancellor is of black damask silk.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 43 A damask napkin wrought with horse and hound.
7. Made of Damascus steel; having the fine temper and watered surface of Damascus steel.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [adjective] > made of steel > of specific type
damask?1611
Damascus1637
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 63 By him his damask curets [ἔντεα ποικίλα] hung.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 78 The fine edge of his damaske blade.
1820 M. Faraday Exper. Res. (1859) xvi. 59 The wootz..retains..a damask surface when forged, polished, and acted upon by dilute acid.
8. Of the colour of the damask rose; blush-coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > rose-red or -pink
rosenOE
rose-redOE
rosy1381
rosat?c1425
roseate1449
rosy-redc1450
rosetc1500
rosing?a1505
rose-coloured1526
rose-like1530
roseal1531
rosal1566
rosy-fingered1590
red rose1591
rosy-coloured1597
carnation1598
damask1598
rosied1600
damasked1609
rosical1631
roseac1638
rose1667
bloom-coloured1678
rose pink1778
rosaceous1783
rose-tinted1804
rose1806
rose1832
rose du Barry1856
blush-rose1888
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 296 Faire Ladies..Dismaskt, their dammaske sweete commixture showne. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iv. 112 She neuer told her loue, But let concealment like a worme i'th budde Feede on her damaske cheeke. View more context for this quotation
1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 148 While, dreaming on your damask cheek, The dewy sister-eyelids lay.
1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne I. i. xvi. 237 Her pretty cheeks were damask with her mind's excitement.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
a1674 R. Herrick Hesperides (1869) II. App. ii. 457 The damaske [1648 damaskt] meddowes, and the crawling streames.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
damask-coated adj.
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1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London iii. sig. D2v The damask-coated Cittizen.
damask-coloured adj.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [adjective] > of or belonging to pigeon and dove > of parts of
damask-coloured1630
clean1886
pin-winged1890
gravel-eyed1951
1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 112 The damaske coloured Doue..His sundry coloured feathers.
damask-gowned adj.
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1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 135 A magnificent array of satin and damask-gowned priests.
b.
damask-wise adv.
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1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Tailler quelque chose à la Damasquine, to cut some thing damaske wise.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Damasquiner,..to flourish, carue, or ingraue Damaske-wise.
C2. † damask branch n. Obsolete a figured pattern like that of damask or damask-work. † damask-branched adj. Obsolete
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others
popinjay1322
serpent1388
moss-work1600
flame1602
frostwork1631
damask branch1634
mascaron1664
lacework1675
swash1680
branch-work1702
escallop-shella1706
festoon work1712
ovum1728
bricking1760
rising sun1787
ram's horn1842
linen-pattern1845
linen-scroll1854
wheel-rood1862
primal1875
patch ornament1878
tree1879
wheel-cross1882
skeuomorph1889
linenfold1891
taotie1915
boteh1917
pelta1935
starburst1953
quilling1972
towel-pattern-
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. xiv. 46 Diapering..(in Damaske branches, and such like)..it chiefly serveth to counterfeit cloath of Gold, Silver, Damaskbrancht, Velvet, Chamlet, &c., with what branch, and in what fashion you list.
damask carpet n. (see quot.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > ingrain or Kidderminster
Kidderminster1670
damask carpet1874
Kidder1893
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Damask-carpet..a variety of carpet resembling the Kidderminster in the mode of weaving, but exposing the warp instead of the weft.
damask loom n. a loom for weaving figured fabrics.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > other types of loom
engine1676
power loom1808
damask loom1847
box loom1848
needleloom1867
fringe-loom1874
1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. iii. iv. 708 The damask loom is capable of producing any figure, however complicated.
damask steel n. (see 4).
damask-stitch n. (see quot.).
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 140/2 Damask Stitch. A name given to Satin Stitch when worked upon a linen foundation.
damask-work n. the veining on Damascus-blades; incised ornamentation inlaid with gold or silver.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > damascening
damasking1591
damask-work1598
damaskeening1676
watering1841
Damascene1844
damascening1860
koftgari1874
koft-work1874
damascene work1883
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Damaschino, damaske worke vpon blades.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights iii, in Poems 49 All..The sloping of the moonlit sward Was damaskwork, and deep inlay Of breaded blosms unmown.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
damaskv.
/ˈdaməsk/, U.S. /ˈdæməsk/ 1. transitive. To weave with richly-figured designs.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > weave > weave in specific ways
pirn1494
attex1654
interlace1694
damask1706
reweave1717
outweave1805
tweddle1808
twill1808
overweave1818
shot1847
1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iii. sig. B7 Sitting at table..All couered with damaskt naperie.]
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Damask or Damasquine..to imprint the Figures of Flowers on Silk, or Stuff.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Damask, 1. to form flowers upon stuffs.
2. = damascene v.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > make iridescent [verb (transitive)] > give moire appearance to > iron and steel
damascene1585
damask1585
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > cover with metal [verb (transitive)] > damascene
damask1585
damaskeen1585
damascene1848
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie B. ii. xxi. 584 b A fair basen of Copper damasked.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures 159 Armed with..Partisans damasked with gold and silver.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries (1738) II. 354 They damask their cymeters with a blewish colour.
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 247 The wooden sides were plated with gold, and damasked with gold wire.
3. transferred and figurative. To ornament with or as with a variegated pattern or design; to diaper.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)]
chequer?a1400
fleckc1430
engrail1483
shoot1532
begary1538
intermingle1553
enchase1590
diaper1592
sinew1592
motley1602
intercolour1607
damask1610
particolour1610
inshade1613
freta1616
enamel1650
discolour1656
variegatea1728
jasper1799
intershoot1845
patchwork1853
pattern1898
strand1914
harlequin-
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie There pinks eblazed wide And damaskt all the earth.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. i. 159 Where various flowers damask the fragrant seat.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 334 As they sat recline On the soft downie Bank damaskt with flours. View more context for this quotation
1744 W. Shenstone O'er Desert Plain (song) 5 Tho' my path were damask'd o'er With beauties e'er so fine.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table i. 40 Fair pictures damasked on a vapor's fold.
4. To make red or blush-coloured like a damask-rose.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] > make rose-red
rose1610
rosy1652
roseate1809
damask1863
1863 A. Marsh Heathside Farm I. 58 Cathie's peach-like cheek was damasked by heat and laughter.
5. To deface or destroy, by stamping or marking with lines and figures.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > erase by marking
strikec1386
to rub offa1425
cancelc1440
streakc1440
cross1483
outstrike1487
line1530
to strike out1530
dash1549
to strike off1597
cancellate1664
damask1673
score1687
to run through1817
overscore1834
blue-pencil1883
stroke1885
caviar1890
to stencil out1891
to strike through1898
ex1935
x1942
1673 in Stationers' Rec. (1883) Order of Bishop of London to damask ‘The Leviathan’.
1678 in Stationers' Rec. (1883) Order of Bishop of London to damask Seditious books seized at Frances Smith's, and to burn in the Company's garden adjoining their Hall the Books not fitt for damasking.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Damask or Damasquine, to stamp rude Draughts on waste Paper, etc.
1709 Act 8 Ann c. 21 Such offender or offenders shall forfeit such Book or Books..to the proprietor or proprietors of the Copy thereof, who shall forthwith damask and make wast Paper of them.
1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors I. Introd. 26 The ceremony of breaking or ‘damasking’ of the old Great Seal consists in the Sovereign giving it a gentle blow with a hammer, after which it is supposed to be broken, and has lost all its virtue.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > mull
mull1607
damask1699
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Damask the Claret, Put a roasted Orange slasht smoking hot in it.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Damask Wine, is to warm it a little, in order to take off the edge of the Cold and make it mantle.
1778 Cumberland in Goldsmith's Wks. (1881) I. 101 Wilt have it steep'd in Alpine snows, Or damask'd at Silenus' nose?
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