| 单词 | damascus blade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDamascus blade An ancient city, the capital of Cœle-Syria, famous for its steel and its silk fabrics. Often used attributively, as Damascus blade, etc.; also absol. = Damascus steel, etc. Damascus iron: a combination of pieces of iron and steel welded together and rolled out, in imitation of the steel of Damascus. Damascus-twist: see quot. 18742. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [adjective] > made of steel > of specific type damask?1611 Damascus1637 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother v. i. sig. I1 A Millan hilt, and a Damasco blade. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 149 A Sword not so hooked as the Damasco. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Damascus-Steel..remarkable for its excellent Temper. 1830 Mechanics' Mag. 14 31 By filing semicircular grooves into both sides of the blade, and again subjecting it to the hammer, a beautiful roset-shaped Damascus is obtained. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 113 On examination of..real Damascus barrels. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 674/2 The fineness of the Damascus depends upon the number and thickness of the alternations [of iron and steel]. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 674/2 Damascus-twist, a kind of gun-barrel made of a ribbon of Damascus-iron coiled around a mandrel and welded. < as lemmas |
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