damaskn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdaməsk/, U.S.

/ˈdæməsk/

Forms: Middle English–1600s damaske, damasc, Middle English– damask; also Middle English dameske, Middle English–1500s dammask(e, 1600s damasque, damast; ScottishMiddle English–1500s dammas, dammes, dammys, 1500s domas, 1600s damas, dames.

Etymology: Probably originally < Anglo-Norman *Damasc = Italian Damasco, Latin Damascus proper name of the city; Littré and Hatzfeld have an Old French Damas of 14th cent., whence the Scots forms above. The French text of Mandeville (Roxburghe Club) ch. xiv. has Damasce.

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. 268^v/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 y^e 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.

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.

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 .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 213 The Warre of White and Damaske In their nicely gawded Cheekes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

†9. = damasked adj. 3 (? a misprint).

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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.

damask-coated adj.

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1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London iii. sig. D2^v 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.

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.

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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-branched adj. Obsolete

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.

Brit.

/ˈdaməsk/, U.S.

/ˈdæməsk/

Etymology: < damask n. and adj. By Milton and Phineas Fletcher stressed daˈmask.

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†6. To warm (wine): see quot. 1706. slang.

ΘΚΠ

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?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	damask
释义	damaskn.adj. Brit. /ˈdaməsk/, U.S. /ˈdæməsk/ Forms: Middle English–1600s damaske, damasc, Middle English– damask; also Middle English dameske, Middle English–1500s dammask(e, 1600s damasque, damast; ScottishMiddle English–1500s dammas, dammes, dammys, 1500s domas, 1600s damas, dames. Etymology: Probably originally < Anglo-Norman Damasc = Italian Damasco, Latin Damascus* proper name of the city; Littré and Hatzfeld have an Old French Damas of 14th cent., whence the Scots forms above. The French text of Mandeville (Roxburghe Club) ch. xiv. has Damasce. I. The place and associated attributive uses.. †1. The city of Damascus. Obsolete. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 268^v/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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 y^e 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.). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 6. Made of damask (silk or cloth); furnished with damask. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †9. = damasked adj. 3 (? a misprint). ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London iii. sig. D2^v The damask-coated Cittizen. damask-coloured adj. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 135 A magnificent array of satin and damask-gowned priests. b. damask-wise adv. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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-branched adj. Obsolete damask carpet n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.). ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Brit. /ˈdaməsk/, U.S. /ˈdæməsk/ Etymology: < damask n. and adj. By Milton and Phineas Fletcher stressed daˈmask. 1. transitive. To weave with richly-figured designs. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †6. To warm (wine): see quot. 1706. slang. ΘΚΠ 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? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1325v.1585
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