DAM'ASK, noun 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, verb transitive 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]
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