damaskedadj.
/ˈdaməskt/ 1. Of silk, fine linen, and other fabrics: Woven with richly-figured designs.
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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 > woven like
damasked1599
damassé1882
1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iii. sig. B7 Sitting at table..All couered with damaskt naperie.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 262 The outward appearance of the saide skinne is like to a damaskt garment.
1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 4 The exports in damasked silk.
2. Of steel or other metal; = damascened adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [adjective] > damascened
damasked?1611
watered1803
damascened1862
damaskeened1882
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 345 His sword he took, and fasten'd it, All damask'd, underneath his arm.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 202 The out side was..damasked and embossed with wires of gold.
1820 M. Faraday Exper. Res. (1859) xvi. 59 It is certainly true that a damasked surface may be produced by welding together wires of iron and steel.
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xvii. 129 Barrels of double-barrel guns, twisted and damasked.
3. transferred. Variegated; diapered.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 88 The Crimson streaks belace the Damaskt West.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 360 Blooming be the gates with damasked wreaths.
4. Having the hue of the damask rose.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > rose-red or -pink
rosenOE
rose-redOE
rosy1381
rosat?c1425
roseate1449
rosy-redc1450
rosetc1500
rosing?a1505
rose-coloured1526
rose-like1530
roseal1531
rosal1566
rosy-fingered1590
red rose1591
rosy-coloured1597
carnation1598
damask1598
rosied1600
damasked1609
rosical1631
roseac1638
rose1667
bloom-coloured1678
rose pink1778
rosaceous1783
rose-tinted1804
rose1806
rose1832
rose du Barry1856
blush-rose1888
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxx. sig. H4 I haue seene Roses damaskt, red and white, But no such Roses see I in her cheekes. View more context for this quotation
16.. Wotton Farewell to Vanities Beauty, th' eye's idol, [is] but a damask'd skin.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. xxviii. 41 So, Roses damaskt Robe, prankt with green Ribbons, sents.
5. Furnished or hung with damask.
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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 > furnished or hung with
damasked1861
damasky1958
1861 Our Eng. Home 134 The damasked chambers.
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