damaskin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare French damasquin (adjective). See damaskeen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
damaskin (plural damaskins)
- (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- 1655, James Howell, “The Vote”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
- No old Toledo blades or damaskins.
Verb[edit]
damaskin (third-person singular simple present damaskins, present participle damaskining, simple past and past participle damaskined)
- Alternative form of damascene
References[edit]
- “damaskin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
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