单词 | damascene |
释义 | Damasceneadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the city of Damascus. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 17 Loo Adam in the feeld of Damyssene [= in agro Damasceno] With goddes owene fynger wroght was he.] 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. §§.iiv/2 Another kynde [of viscum] is called Damascene, and commeth from Damasco. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Damas Huile de Damas, oyle Damascene. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 17 About the ninth century, a rough, brown, unsightly paper, made of cotton rags, and sometimes called Damascene from the place where it was invented, crept gradually into use. 2. Of or pertaining to damask, (fabrics), or to the art of damascening metal; as damascene work. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective] > moire > of metals Damascene1541 moiré1823 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > damask damask1490 Damascene1541 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > damascening damasking1591 damask-work1598 damaskeening1676 watering1841 Damascene1844 damascening1860 koftgari1874 koft-work1874 damascene work1883 1541 Ordinance 33 Hen. VIII in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 215 In fine Diaper, In Damasene worke. 1550 in Athenæum 21 Oct. (1871) 520/3 4 damascene buttons were cut off my lord's gown in the privy-chamber. 1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Industr. Arts India I. 141 A vast establishment of..damascene workers, chiefly for ornamenting arms. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 139/1 Damascene Lace... The difference between it and Modern Point lace..consists in the introduction into Damascene of real Honiton sprigs, and the absence of any needle-worked Fillings. 1883 C. C. Perkins Hist. Handbk. Ital. Sculpt. (Stanf.) 100 The damascene work and the foliated ornaments..challenge comparison with bronzes of any period. 3. damascene plum: see damson n. 1c. B. n. 1. A native of Damascus. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. xi. 32 The cite of Damascenys. 2. Damascene work; formerly applied to damask. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [noun] > moire > of iron and steel Damascene1481 damask1818 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > patterned or figured > damask damaskc1430 Damascene1481 damassin1839 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > damascening damasking1591 damask-work1598 damaskeening1676 watering1841 Damascene1844 damascening1860 koftgari1874 koft-work1874 damascene work1883 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 285 For brynging of damysens from Colchester. 1553 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 489/3 [Damascene, 6 ells @3/.]. 1844 Mechanics' Mag. 40 342 The damascene which appears upon the surface of steel is very various. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. v. i. 233 A Spanish silversmith copied arabesques and damascenes. 3. See damson n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). damascenev. transitive. Thesaurus » Categories » a. To ornament (metal-work, esp. steel) with designs incised in the surface and filled in with gold or silver. b. To ornament (steel) with a watered pattern, as in Damascus blades. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > make iridescent [verb (transitive)] > give moire appearance to > iron and steel damascene1585 damask1585 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. ix. 84 b A litle hatchet damaskined. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (1626) iii. xiii. 315 Cups of fine Corinthian Latten, gilded and damaskined. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. ii. 169 His arms were damascened with silver. 1880 Sat. Rev. No. 1302. 461 Swords beautifully damascened in gold. c. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1878 Examiner 2 Mar. 283/1 These essential elements..are damascened upon a ground of really good story. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. iv. 98 M. Falarique damascenes his sharpest smile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.c1384v.1585 |
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