damask
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.
Inflected forms:
form: damasks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more damask
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most damask
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: damasks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: damasking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: damasked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: damasked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: True damasks are pure silk.
[…]but what struck Tom's fancy most was a strange, grim-looking, high backed chair, carved in the most fantastic manner, with a flowered damask cushion, and the round knobs at the bottom of the legs carefully tied up in red cloth, as if it had got the gout in its toes.
Its curtains were of damask, with leafy wreaths and garlands, figured upon a gold and silver ground, and fringed along the edges with broideries of pearls, and it stood in a room hung with rows of the queen's devices in cut black velvet upon cloth of silver.
gloss: Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
gloss: Damascus steel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Thursday. D. certainly improved. Better night. Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek.
gloss: Of a grayish-pink colour, like that of the damask rose.
pos: adj
examples: But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, / Feed on her damask cheek
They had a lurking suspicion even, that he died of secret love; though I must say there was a picture of him in the house with a damask nose, which concealment did not appear to have ever preyed upon.
Hortense, with her rich chestnut locks so luxuriantly knotted, plaited, twisted, as if she did not know how to dispose of all their abundance, with her vermillion lips, damask cheek, and roguish laughing eye.
My cage has many rooms / Damask and dark / Nothing there sings, / Not even my lark.
gloss: To decorate or weave in damascene patterns
pos: verb
examples: Madame de Mercœur had herself arranged her dress, which was splendid white silk, damasked with silver flowers; but it was with much internal misgiving that she put on the graceful cap and plume.
Related words: damascus
Derived words: satin damask
Translations:
lang: French
word: lie-de-vin
lang: Japanese
word: ばら色
roman: barairo
lang: Romanian
word: lie-de-vin