DAMASKEEN

Verb

damaskeen (third-person singular simple present damaskeens, present participle damaskeening, simple past and past participle damaskeened)

Alternative form of damascene

Anagrams

• namesaked

Source: Wiktionary


Dam"as*keen`, Dam"as*ken, v. t. Etym: [F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v.]

Definition: To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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