Damask

Etymology
From Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.

Noun

 * 1) An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
 * True damasks are pure silk.
 * 1) * 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
 * 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.
 * 1) A damask rose.
 * 2) A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
 * 3) * 1849, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
 * Thursday. D. certainly improved.  Better night.  Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek.
 * Thursday. D. certainly improved.  Better night.  Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: дамаска
 * Catalan: domàs
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 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 絢緞子 (あやどんす, ayadonsu)
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: дамаст (damást)
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 * Japanese: ばら色 (ばらいろ, barairo)

Adjective
damask


 * 1) Of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
 * 2) * 1973, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
 * My cage has many rooms / Damask and dark / Nothing there sings, / Not even my lark.
 * 1) * 1602: But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, / Feed on her damask cheek &mdash; William Shakespeare, Twlefth Night
 * 2) * 1849: 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. &mdash; Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

Translations

 * Finnish: syvä vaaleanpunainen


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Verb

 * 1) To decorate or weave in damascene patterns

Translations

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Derived terms

 * damascene
 * damask rose
 * damask steel

Etymology
From damasco:.

Noun

 * 1) damask

Noun

 * 1) spat, gaiter

Declension
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