damask
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1. damask - Noun
2. damask - Adjective
3. damask - Verb
4. damask - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
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 or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
A deep pink or rose color.
Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
Having the color of the damask rose.
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.
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Feed on her damask cheek she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
damask table linens
Although virtually deserted since 1972, this proud old house exhibits vestiges of elegance the onlooker can't miss: damask roses, jasmine, citrus trees and vines flourish untrimmed in the courtyard whose tiles were laid more than two centuries ago.
Jimmy, 52, took a whiff of the candle made with geranium, citrusy bergamot and cedar absolutes mixed with Damask rose and ambrette seed.
Kaori Ito in “The Damask Drum” as a cruel dancer making fun of a janitor, played by Yoshi Oida.
No fewer than eight top Boko Haram Commanders have been killed by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole while attempting to infiltrate Army Super Camp in Damask, the Military has said.