Word Finder - damasks

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An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.

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True damasks are pure silk.

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

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

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Damascus steel

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The peculiar markings or water of such steel.

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A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.

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

Examples of damasks in a Sentence

Its damasks and other silk stuffs with patterns of extraordinary beauty surpassed in variety and splendour those of the other chief centres of silk-weaving, such as Florence and Genoa.

It is one of the chief manufacturing places in Rhenish Prussia, its principal industries being the spinning and weaving of cotton, the manufacture of silks, velvet, ribbon and damasks, and dyeing and bleaching.

Italy, the early home of the silk trade in Europe, the land of the gorgeous velvets of Genoa and the damasks and brocades of medieval Sicily, Venice and Florence, now takes only a sixth place, the centre of greatest activity being at Como; but Genoa still makes velvets, and the brocades of Venice are not a thing of the past.

The principal industries include the weaving of linen and damasks, bleaching, distilling and malting.

Tuscan fabrics seen on upholstery, bedding, and window treatments include texture-rich linens, lush damasks or brocades, and luxurious velvets or silks.

Chippendale style is more elaborate than Queen Anne, with a greater use of carving, the addition of fretwork, and rich upholstery in brocades, velvets and damasks.

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