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Webster 1913 Edition

Damask

Dam′ask

(dăm′ask)
,
Noun.
[From the city
Damascus
, L.
Damascus
, Gr.
Δαμασκός
, Heb.
Dammesq
, Ar.
Daemeshq
; cf. Heb.
d’meseq
damask; cf. It.
damasco
, Sp.
damasco
, F.
damas
. Cf.
Damascene
,
Damassé
.]
1.
Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
“A bed of ancient damask.”
W. Irving.
2.
Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
3.
A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; – made for furniture covering and hangings.
4.
Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or “water” of such steel.
5.
A deep pink or rose color.
Fairfax.

Dam′ask

,
Adj.
1.
Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of
Damascus
; resembling the products or manufactures of
Damascus
.
2.
Having the color of the damask rose.
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her
damask
cheek.
Shakespeare
Damask color
,
a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose.
–
Damask plum
,
a small dark-colored plum, generally called
damson
.
–
Damask rose
(Bot.)
,
a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (
Rosa damascena
) from Damascus.
“Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.”
Bacon.
–
Damask steel
, or
Damascus steel
,
steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; – formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity.

Dam′ask

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Damasked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Damasking
.]
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
.
Mingled metal
damasked
o'er with gold.
Dryde[GREEK].

Webster 1828 Edition

Damask

DAM'ASK

, n.
1.
A silk stuff, having some parts raised above the ground, representing flowers and other figures; originally from Damascus.
2.
A kind of wrought linen, made in Flanders, in imitation of damask silks.
3.
Red color, from the damask-rose.
Damask-steel, is a fine steel from the Levant, chiefly from Damascus, used for sword and cutlas blades.

DAM'ASK

, v.t.
1.
To form flowers on stuffs; also, to variegate; to diversify; as, a bank damasked with flowers.
2.
To adorn steel-work with figures. [See Damaskeen]

Definition 2024

Damask

Damask

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English

Adjective

Damask ‎(comparative more Damask, superlative most Damask)

  1. Relating to, or originating at, the city of Damascus.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǎmask/
  • Hyphenation: Da‧mask

Proper noun

Dàmask m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Да̀маск)

  1. Damascus

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός ‎(Damaskós), from Aramaic דרמשק ‎(darmeśeq, “well-watered place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdamask/

Proper noun

Damask m ‎(genitive Damasku) declension pattern dub

  1. Damascus

Declension

Related terms

  • Damašťan / Damašťanka
  • damaský, damascénsky

References

  • Damask in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈmáːsk/
  • Tonal orthography: damȃsk

Proper noun

Damásk m inan ‎(genitive Damáska)

  1. Damascus

Declension

Related terms

  • Damaščàn / Damaščánka
  • damaščánski

damask

damask

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English

Noun

damask ‎(plural damasks)

  1. An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
    True damasks are pure silk.‎
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
      […] but what struck Tom's fancy most was a strange, grim-looking, high backed chair, carved in the most fantastic manner, with a flowered damask cushion, and the round knobs at the bottom of the legs carefully tied up in red cloth, as if it had got the gout in its toes.
  2. Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
  3. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
    • 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I:
      Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
  4. Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
  5. A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
  6. A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
    damask colour:    

Translations

Adjective

damask ‎(comparative more damask, superlative most damask)

  1. Of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.

Translations

Verb

damask ‎(third-person singular simple present damasks, present participle damasking, simple past and past participle damasked)

  1. To decorate or weave in damascene patterns

Translations

Derived terms

See also

Danish

Etymology

From Italian damasco ‎(“damask”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /damask/, [ˈd̥amasɡ̊]

Noun

damask n (singular definite damasket, not used in plural form)

  1. damask

Swedish

Noun

damask c

  1. spat, gaiter

Declension

Inflection of damask 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative damask damasken damasker damaskerna
Genitive damasks damaskens damaskers damaskernas

Etymology

From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈdæm.əsk/

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