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Metal for sword blades
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damascus steel
Word definitions for damascus steel in dictionaries
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Damask \Dam"ask\, a. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. Having the color of the damask rose. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. --Shak. Damask ...
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Damascus steel was a type of steel used for manufacturing sword blades in the Near East made with wootz steel imported from Southern India . These swords are characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water. Such ...
Usage examples of damascus steel.
Glastenning Tor, whose smiths fashion fine Damascus steel such as my Caliburn, is a rich prize for men like Aelle.
The blue-silver folded Damascus steel was as rippling mirror bright as if it had left the maker yesterday.
It was good Damascus steel, better than what most of the conventional knights carried.
Some oil on the barrels showed that they were not as rusty as he had at first supposed, and the Damascus steel showed a beautiful grain.
Double-barrelled, the twin steel tubes a brown colour that was a mixture of rust and Damascus steel, its hammers shaped like carvings of the devil's ears, an under-lever that needed brute force to open the breech.
He pulled on the knob, and a glittering arc of whirring Damascus steel flickered before the astonished eyes of the on-surging knife men.
It looked to be Damascus steel, a wavy, colorful pattern irregularly reflecting back the flames down the length of steel, from quillions to point.
It looked to be damascus steel, a wavy, colorful pattern irregularly reflecting back the flames down the length of steel, from quillions to point.
She'd heard of pattern-welded and Damascus steel, but had only seen one small piece of Rob's.