Definition of damask

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Damask (n.) Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color..

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Damask :: Damask (n.) A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.
Damask :: Damask (n.) Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
Drawloom :: Drawloom (n.) A species of damask made on the drawloom.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel..
Damassin :: Damassin (n.) A kind of modified damask or brocade.
Damasked :: Damasked (imp. & p. p.) of Damas.
Damask :: Damask (a.) Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus..
Dornock :: Dornock (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland..
Damson :: Damson (n.) A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum..
Damask :: Damask (n.) Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or water of such steel..
Damaskin :: Damaskin (n.) A sword of Damask steel.
Damaskeen :: Damaskeen (v.) Alt. of Damaske.
Damasken :: Damasken (v.) To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask..
Water :: Water (n.) A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen..
Damask :: Damask (a.) Having the color of the damask rose.
Damascene :: Damascene (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t..
Damasking :: Damasking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damas.
Damask :: Damask (v. t.) 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..
Damask :: Damask (n.) Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color..
Damasse :: Damasse (a.) Woven like damask.
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