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Damask
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Having the color of the damask rose.
(2):
(n.) Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
(3):
(n.) Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
(4):
(n.) A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; - made for furniture covering and hangings.
(5):
(v. t.) 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.
(6):
(a.) Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
(7):
(n.) A deep pink or rose color.
(8):
(n.) Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Damask'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/damask.html. 1828.
