damareteion 
sent liy the Car- 
thaginians to De- 
niiirete, the wife 
of the tyrant Or- 
ion, in acknow- 
ledgment of her 
services ill the 
negotiation for 
peace, 480 B. o.] 
A handsome sil- 
ver coin of Syra- 
cuse, weighing 10 
. Attic drachma), 
Damareteion, British Museum. (Size of according to ail- 
cient statements, 
though in fact the coins fall short of that stan- 
dard, and weigh about 43 grams. Also demare- 
tfhni . 
damar-resin, . See dammar-resin. 
Damascene (<lara'a-sen),. and u. [ME. Uam- 
axcciii; def. It., 2; '= F. (/anwsc&iersSp. Pg. It. 
1 I 17 
dame 
Cuppesof fine I'orinthiaMlat tin. umlded and <i>imo*Mid. 
I-,,,. I,,,.; Pilgrimage, p. 307. 
and ef. damaskeen, damascene. AB 
an adj., def. :i, directly < l>nmaxcus.] I. a. I. 
A textile fabric woven in elaborate patterns, damaskeening alam-as-ke IIIIIK.I. . I \erbaln. 
of damaskeen, r.] 1. The art of ornamenting a 
surface of one metal by inlaying with another. 
bronze is first cligrated will 
(a) A rich fabric of coarse silk threads oven in Inures 
many colors : a manufacture which has lieen long estab- 
IMied in Syria, and has frei|ilcntly Wn imitated in Kn- 
ro|>e. (6) A modern material, used chiefly for furniture, 
covering, made nf silk and wc,,,l or silk and cotton, and 
usually in elaborate designs, (c) An Inferior quality of the 
anotaiOf, made of worsted only, employed also for furni- 
ture. (</) A tine twilled linen fabric, used e*|ici ially for 
table-linen. It Is generally ornamented with a pattern 
shown by opposite reflections of light from the surface 
without contrast of color, (*) A cotton fabric made for 
curtains, table-covers, etc., usually in different shades of 
red. 
2. A pink color like that of the damask rose; 
a highly luminous crimson red reduced in 
chroma, and not appearing to incline to either 
orange or purple. 
Just the difference 
Betwixt the constant red 
A surface of inm, ste. 1. . 
lines ami figures, the incisions > i less under 
cut that is, broader at the l.ttom than at the surface. 
The metal used for the ornamental pattern is then usu- 
ally Inlaid in the form of a narrow rihlion or strip, which 
is driven into its place by blows of a mallet; the whole 
surface is then jHilished. Also called dainoKrne tn/rt. 
2. An effeet produced by repeatedly welding, 
drawing out, and doubling up a bar composed 
of a mixture of iron and steel, the surface of 
which is afterward treated with an acid. The 
surface of the ii mder this treatment retains its metal- 
lic luster, while that of the steel Is left with a black, firm 
ly adhesive coating "f carbon. Koscoe and Schorlem/i" . 
Also dm,'"..!'. >t/i,,"i>tlrinfl. 
damaskint, r. t. An obsolete form of damaskeen. 
damaskint, . [Var. of damascene, after daman- 
kin, r.] A Damascus blade; a damaskeened 
. ,. . , 
Or. &apamyv6e, of Damascus, < Aauo<7icof, L. Du- 
iiiiixriix, Damascus : see damask, t rom the same 
adj., in its OF. form diimtiisin, comes E. damson, 
q. v. Ct. iliiniii.il.-ii'ii.] I. a. 1 . Of or pertaining 
to the city of Damascus, anciently and still the 
capital of Syria, and under the Ommiad califs 
capital of the Mohammedan empire, long cele- 
brated for its works in steel. See damascus. 
2. [I. c.~\ Of or pertaining to the art of damas- 
keening, or to something made by that process. 
UamoMfiu workers, chiefly for ornamenting arms. 
Q. C. M. Birdwood, Indian Arts, I. 141. 
Damascene lace, an imitation of Honiton lace, some- 
times made by uniting sprigs of real Honiton lace with 
brides or other filling of needlework. Damascene work. 
() Same iia damaikeeniiuj, 1. (&) The style of work dis- 
played in tile artistic watered-steel blades for which the 
city of Damascus is celebrated. The variegated color of 
these blades is due to the crystallization of cast-steel 
highly charged with carbon, an effect produced hy a care- 
ful process of cooling. The phrase is also applied to or- 
naments slightly etched on a steel surface, and also to 
other surfaces of similar appearance, as, for example, to 
an etched surface of metallic iron. 
II. n. 1. An inhabitant or a native of the 
city of Damascus. 
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept 
the city of the Damascenes with a garrison. 2 C'or. xi. 32. 
2f. [L. Da-maseena, < Gr. Aa^omr/i^, the region 
about Damascus, prop. fern, of the adj.] The 
district in which Damascus is situated. 
Lo, Adam, in the felde of Damascene, 
With Goddes owen finger wrought was he. 
Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 17. 
3. [I. c.] Same as damson. 
damascene (dam'a-sen), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
damascened, ppr. damascening. [< damascene, 
a.; var. of damaskeen.] Same as damaskeen. 
Sumptuous Greek furniture, during the last two centu- 
ries B. C., was made of bronze, damascened with gold and 
silver. Eitcyc. Brit., IX. 848. 
damascening (dam'a-se-niug), . [Verbal n. of 
damascene, .] Same as damaskeening. 
damascus (da-mas'kus), n. [L. Damascus, < Gr. 
Aajuaa/,of, < Heb. Dameseq, Ar. Dameshg, Damas- 
cus. This city gave name to several fabrics of 
steel and iron, and of silk, and to a plum : see 
below, and see damaxk, damascene, damson.'} 
Steel or iron resembling that of a Damascus 
blade. Damascus blade, a sword or simitar present- 
ing l>on its surface a variegated am>earance of watering, 
as white, silvery, or black veins, in tine lines or fillets, 
til 11. .us. crossed, interlaced, or parallel, etc., formerly 
brought from the East, Iwlng fabricated chiefly at Damas- 
cus in Syria. (See damascene mirk (li), under Damascene, 
a.) The excellent quality of Damascus blades has become 
proverbial. Damascus iron, a combination of iron and 
steel, so called because of its resemblance to Damascus 
steel. Scrap-iron and scrap-steel are cut into small pieces 
and welded together, and then rolled out. The surface 
presents a beautiful variegated appearance. Damascus 
steel. See ilitnum-''ti'' irurk(b), under Damascene, a. Da- 
mascus twist, a L;vm-barrel made by drawing Damascus 
iron into a ribbon about half an inch wide, twisting it 
round a mandrel, and wdding it. Stub damascus, a rod 
nf Damascus iron, twisted anil tlattened into a ribbon, for 
making a gun-barrel. 
damaseet, damasint, Obsolete variants of 
dWMKM. 
IVrs and api'ill. bothe ryjie thay were, 
The date, and als the thrum*''-. 
rii'iiiiH* "f Krsseldoune. (Child's Ballads, I. 103). 
damask (dam'ask), . and a. [< ME. damaxki' = 
MD. damasck. damaxt, n. damaxt = ML<<. <l<i- 
3. Same as damaskeening, 2. 4. Wavy lines 
shown on metal, formed by damaskeening. 
Capha damask, a material mentioned in the sixteenth 
century, perhaps named from the seaport of t'atfa or K alia, 
anciently called Theodosia, on the southern coast of the damasking (dam'as-king), n. 
V> old Toledo blades or da masking. 
lltiin'll, Poem to Charles I., Jan., 1641. 
[Verbal n. of 
iliiinask, c.] 1. Same as damaskeening. 2. 
Adornment with figures. 
An opinion that no clothing so adorned them as their 
painting and dnitta*kin<j of their bodies. 
SjKtd, Ancient Britaines, V. viL 7. 
3. Wavy lines formed on metal by damaskeen- 
ing, or fines similar in appearance. 
But above all conspicuous for these workes and damank- 
ingt is the maple. Evelyn, To Dr. WllUus. 
cotton damask, see eattmi, a. Cypress 
damask*. See cyjrresn~. 
II. a. 1. Woven with figures, like damask: 
used of textile fabrics, usually linen : as, dam- 
ask table-cloths. See I., 1. 
A damask napkin wrought with horse and hound. 
Trti/x<w, Audley Court. 
2. Of a pink color like that of the damask rose. 
She never told her love, 
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, 
Feed on her da mask cheek. Shale., T. J., II. 4. damasqueeneryt (dam-as-ke'ne-ri), n. [X dam- 
While, dreaming on your daman* cheek, (txkcrn + -try, after F. damagqui aerie.'] The art 
The dewy sister-eyelids lay. o { damaskeening; steel-work damaskeened. 
Te.nnymn, Day-Dream, noL . , 
3. Of, pertaining to, or originating in Damas- d am ass6 (da-ma-sa'), a. [F., pp. of damasser, 
cus: as, the damask plum, rose, steel, violet: damask: see damask, n. and .] 1. Woven 
with a rich pattern, as of flowers : said of cer- 
tain silks used for women's wear. 2. In ceram., 
applied to a decoration white on white that is, 
painted in white enamel on a white ground, so 
that the pattern is relieved by only very slight 
differences of tint, and chiefly by the contrast 
see below Damask plum, a small plum, the dam- 
son. Damask rose, a species of pink rose, Rosa daman- 
''/ni. a native of Damascus. 
Gloves, as sweet as datitank rogeg. 
Shak., W. T., iv. 3 (song). 
Damatk ro*cliave not been known in England aboveonc 
hundred years, and now are so common. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
Damask steel, Damascus steel. See Damascus Made, of surfaces. 
under dauuurus.- Damask stitch, a stitch in erahrol- damaSSin (dam'a-8 m ) " C< * damasser, dam- 
dery by which a soft, unbroken surface is produced, con- ask: see damask, r.] 1. A kind of damask 
damask (dam'ask), v. t. [= MLG. daiuasken = 
G. damasten = F. damasser = Sp. Pg. damax- 
car (in pp. damascado) = It. damascare, damask ; 
from the noun. Cf. damaskeen.'] 1. To orna- 
oery uy wmcii auoit, un i-c^vv, asK : wee (larnunK, r.j x. A juiiu VL <i.ini.i>i\ 
slsting of threads laid parallel and close together. -Dam- witn ol( j and 8 ji ver flowers woven in the warp 
ask violet, same as dame ,-nofef, _ __ _ and ^ oof _ 2 . An ornamental woven or textile 
fabric of which the surface is wholly, or almost 
wholly, gold or silver, or a combination of both. 
The fabric is submitted to heavy pressure to make the 
surface uniform and brilliantly metallic. 
ment (a metal) with flowers or patterns on the damboard (dam'bord), n. [Sc.] Same as dam- 
surface, especially by the application of an- brod. 
other metal. See damaskeen. dambonite (dam'bpn-it), w. [< n'dambo, native 
Mingled metal danuuk'd o'er with gold. name for the tree, 4- -ik?.] A white crystalline 
Dryden, ACneid, xi. 736. gu b g tance existing to the extent of 0.5 per cent. 
2. To variegate ; diversify. i n caoutchouc, obtained from an unknown tree 
If you could pick out more of these play-particles, and, growing near the Gaboon in western Africa. 
as occasion shall salute you, embroider or damask your ft j g ver y readily soluble in water and in aque- 
discourse with them. rtllo ^ *. nn i n o'hfmliitt* alnnhnl 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ill. 3. OU8, Out not lie, ai 
dambose (dam bos), . Same as dambomte. 
On the soft downy bank darmwArd with flowers dambrod (dam'brod), fl. [Sc., also (accom. to 
E. board) damboard; < Sw. dambrade (= Dan. 
dambrcet), checker-board, < dam (= Dan. dam), 
damasked (dam'askt),j>. a. [Pp. of damask, .] 
1. Having a running figure covering the sur- 
face, as in damask or damaskeened metal. 
checkers (see dams), + brade = Dan. brtet, 
board : see board.] A chess- or checker-board. 
Dambrod pattern, a large pattern, resembling the 
squares on a cnecker-lHiard. 
the blades made of it appear flame (dam), w. [< ME. dame, often dam, a lady, 
a woman, a dam (see danft), =D. G. Dan. dame= 
Sw. dam, < OF. dame, F. dame = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. 
damn (see also donna, dona), < L. domina, a 
This place [Damascus! is likewise famous for cutlery 
ware, which ... is made of the old iron that is found 
in a nt lent buildings ; 
itainaskeit or watered. 
Pacocke, Description of the East, II. i. 125. 
Breant, of Paris, employed cast steel and carburetted 
steel, and he got a damasked blade after acidulated wash- !<" v oc " "> <", //, ^ ^-.. ,.,...,.,,, .. 
ing. y. and Q., 6th ser., XI. 3.w. lady, fem. of dominus, lord : see domntus, dom- 
ino", doift. See also dantsel, madam, etc.] If. 
A mother. 
now dauiast = Sw. Dan. damaxk, Dau. also iln- 
miixt (the form damaxt, in D., G., etc., being from 
the It. damaxtn) = OF. F. damas = Sp. Pg. 
damaxco = It. damasco, also damasto, < ML. ilu- 
mani'iix (also iluiiuK'ii'x and damaxticitx; sc. L. 
IHIHHUX), ilainask. so called from the city of Da- 
mascus, where the fabric was orig. made : see 
2. In her., decorated with an ornamental pat- 
tern, as the field or an ordinary. [Kare.] 
damaskeen (dam-as-ken'), v. t. [Early mod. 
E. also daiitaxkiu; "= MD. damaskeneren, < F. 
iliiiiiri.il/iiiiier, damask, flourish, carve, engrave 
or otherwise ornament damaskwise, < danias- 
i/ii/ii. of damask (= Sp. Pg. dama.Kiuino = It. 
damasfkiuo, dammaxchiiio, of damask, formerly 
also as a noun, damask, damask-work). < daman 
(= It. damaxco, etc., < ML. damasctts), damask. 
Damaskeen (not used as an adj. in E.) thus ult. 
represents F. damasquin, formed anew as an 
adj. from damas (in E. as if < damask + -ine 1 ) 
and meaning ' relating to damask.' It has been 
confused in part with damascene, which is of 
much older origin and means ' relating to Da- 
mascus.'] To ornament (metal, as steel), by in- 4. A woman in general ; particularly, a woman 
laying or otherwise, in such a way as to pro- of mature years, a married woman, or the mis- 
I folwed ay my dama lore. 
Chaucer, Prol to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 583. 
Sovran of creatures, universal dame .' 
Miliiiu, t. L, ix. 612. 
2t. A dam : said of beasts. 
As any kyd or calf folwynge his dame. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, L 74. 
3. A woman of rank, high social position, or 
culture; a lady; specifically, in Great Britain. 
the legal title of the wife or widow of a knight 
or baronet. 
Not all these lords do vex me half so much 
As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. 
Shot., 2 Hen. VL, i. 8. 
duce an effect compared (originally) with that 
of damask ; ornament with flowers or patterns 
on the surface ; damask. 
tress of a household : formerly often used (like 
the modern Mrs.) as a title, before either the 
surname or the Christian name. 
