Damascene meaning

dăm'ə-sēn', dăm'ə-sēn'
To decorate (metal) with wavy patterns of inlay or etching.
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Metalwork decorated with wavy patterns of inlay or etching.
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Fabric having a wavy pattern; moiré.
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Of or relating to damascening.
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Of or relating to damask.
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Of Damascus or its people or culture.
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Of damascening or damask.
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A person born or living in Damascus.
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Damascened work.
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A small plum.
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To decorate (iron, steel, etc.) with wavy markings or with inlaid patterns of gold or silver.
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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, etc.; to damask.
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Archaic form of damson.
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Of or relating to Damascus.
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Origin of damascene

French damasquiner from damasquin of Damascus from Latin Damascēnus from Greek Damaskēnos from Damaskos Damascus

Sentence Examples

  • On his dethronement and captivity by the Parthians, Antiochus Dionysus, his brother, succeeded him, but was slain in battle by IHaritha (Aretas) the Arab - the first instance of Arab interference with Damascene politics.

  • The Damascene, however, still retains his skill as a craftsman and tiller of the soil.

  • It remarked upon Clarke's " Damascene conversion to the joys of sterling " .

  • Damascene conversions by the minute in England than there ever were in Syria ", he said.

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