Damaskadj

• 1

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

damasknoun/ˈdæm.əsk/

• 1

  An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.

  • True damasks are pure silk.
  • […]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.

  • 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.

• 5

  The peculiar markings or water of such steel.

• 6

  A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.

• 7

  A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.

  • Thursday. D. certainly improved. Better night. Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek.

damaskadj/ˈdæm.əsk/

• 1

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

  • But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, / Feed on her damask cheek
  • They had a lurking suspicion even, that he died of secret love; though I must say there was a picture of him in the house with a damask nose, which concealment did not appear to have ever preyed upon.

damaskverb/ˈdæm.əsk/

• 1

  To decorate or weave in damascene patterns

  • Madame de Mercœur had herself arranged her dress, which was splendid white silk, damasked with silver flowers; but it was with much internal misgiving that she put on the graceful cap and plume.