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damasked, ppl. a.|ˈdæməskt|
[f. prec.]
1. Of silk, fine linen, and other fabrics: Woven with richly-figured designs.
1599Middleton Micro-Cynicon iii. Wks. (1886) VIII. 124 Sitting at table..All covered with damask'd napery. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 206 The outward appearance of the said skin is like to a damaskt garment. 1866Pall Mall G. 24 Oct. 4 The exports in damasked silk.
2. Of steel or other metal; = damascened.
c1611Chapman Iliad iii. 345 His sword he took, and fasten'd it, All damask'd, underneath his arm. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 202 The out side was..damasked and embossed with wires of gold. 1820Faraday Exp. Res. xvi. (1859) 59 It is certainly true that a damasked surface may be produced by welding together wires of iron and steel. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xviii. (ed. 3) 167 Barrels of double-barrel guns, twisted and damasked.
3. transf. Variegated; diapered.
1648Earl of Westmld. Otia Sacra (1879) 88 The Crimson streaks belace the Damaskt West. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 360 Blooming be the gates with damasked wreaths.
4. Having the hue of the damask rose.
c1600Shakes. Sonn. cxxx, I haue seene Roses damaskt, red and white, But no such Roses see I in her cheekes. 16..Wotton Farewell to Vanities, Beauty, th' eye's idol, [is] but a damask'd skin. 1652E. Benlowes Theoph. iii. xxviii, So Roses damaskt robe, prankt with green ribbons, sents.
5. Furnished or hung with damask.
1861Our English Home 134 The damasked chambers. |