Crossword clues for damascene
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Damascene \Dam`as*cene"\ (d[a^]m`as*s[=e]n"), v. t.
Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. ``Damascened armor.''
--Beaconsfield. ``Cast and damascened steel.''
--Ure.
Damascene \Dam"as*cene\ (d[a^]m"as*s[=e]n), n. A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson.
Damascene \Dam"as*cene\ (d[a^]m"as*s[=e]n), a. [L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. Damasko`s. See Damask, and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson.] Of or relating to Damascus.
Wiktionary
inlaid with silver or gold n. (archaic form of damson English) v
(context transitive English) To decorate (metalwork) with a peculiar marking or ''water'' produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or encrusting with another metal, such as silver or gold, or by etching, et
; to damask.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people; "damascene city gates"
(of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword"
n. a native or inhabitant of Damascus
a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel
v. inlay metal with gold and silver
Wikipedia
Damascene refers to someone from Damascus.
Damascene, implying a direct or indirect link with the city, may also refer to:
- John of Damascus (c.676-749), Syrian Christian monk and priest
- Damascene (pigeon), a breed of fancy pigeon
- Damascening, the art of inlaying different metals into one another
- Damascus steel, a type of steel used in swordmaking
- Damascus goat, a breed of goat
- Damask, a reversible figured fabric
- Copper interconnect, used in semiconductor integrated circuits
- "Damascene moment" or, "Damascus moment" in reference to the Conversion of Paul
Usage examples of "damascene".
Europe by the Crusaders and its figs and pistachios which the Romans transplanted around the Mediterranean as a far-flung gift from the Damascenes, worshipper once of Adad the storm-god and later a flourishing center of Christianity and Islam, holy to Christians because of the conversion of St.
Hindu women, pitchers and basins of that exquisite damascening called bidri, and a soft-colored silken scarf--coiled and crumpled, as if a woman had dropped it hurriedly.
The pistols lay in leather cases, the hackbuts with damascened stocks lay each with its pile of balls.
For the most part it consisted of a list of exotic fruits and flowers, including the Damascene nenuphars and such delicacies as Osmani quinces and Omani peaches.
He had a sprinkling of Fatimid Egyptian infantry and their Nubians, and some cynical Damascenes to man his siege machines.
Filigreed silver goblets with rubies, mounds of moonstones, elfinbone daggers sharper than Damascene steel.
There he showed her swords and spears, maces and axes and daggers, orfreyed and damascened and inlaid with jewels.
Their juices filled the cups and also filled an upturned helm that lay under some bushes next to a standing armor of lustrous yellow metal damascened with fine silver foliates.
Her dress skimmed over her devastating curves, for this meeting, a calculated, flowing confection of damascened silk and jet buttons, cross-laced at wrist and bodice with silk ribbon.
Then a damascened glint of pale hair shone by the rags of new flame in the sconce.
Making his day's stations, the dingy printingcase, his three taverns, the Montmartre lair he sleeps short night in, rue de la Goutte-d'Or, damascened with flyblown faces of the gone.
Giustinian drew it from its sheath, displaying a blade exquisitely damascened with acanthus foliage, as he turned to his son.
The Damascenes are the ugliest, wickedest looking villains we have seen.
Thus he came to her mind's eye, shining in the steel field-armor of the era, with its slender, elegant lines and cusped borders and shell-like rippling, damascening glinting on the lames.
Catto smiled at her, and ran her index finger round the damascening on the steel.