damask

An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.countableuncountable

• True damasks are pure silk.

Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.countableuncountable

A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.countableuncountable

• 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 excelle

Damascus steel.countableuncountable

The peculiar markings or water of such steel.countableuncountable

A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.countableuncountable

A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.countableuncountable

• Thursday. D. certainly improved. Better night. Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek.

Of a grayish-pink colour, like that of the damask rose.

• 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.

To decorate or weave in damascene patterns

• 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.