damaskin

English

Etymology

Compare French damasquin (adjective). See damaskeen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæməskɪn/

Noun

damaskin (plural damaskins)

(obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- 1655, James Howell, “The Vote”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], volume (please specify the page), 3rd edition, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
  No old Toledo blades or damaskins.

Verb

damaskin (third-person singular simple present damaskins, present participle damaskining, simple past and past participle damaskined)

Alternative form of damascene

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for damaskin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

maskandi

Finnish

Noun

damaskin

genitive singular of damaski

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