Definition of Damask steel

1. Noun. A hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades.

Exact synonyms: Damascus Steel
Generic synonyms: Steel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Damask Steel

Dam unit
Dama
Dama dama
Damalinia
Damaliscus
Damaliscus lunatus
Daman
Daman and Diu
Damaraland mole rat
Damaris
Damascene conversion
Damascus
Damascus barrel
Damascus barrels
Damascus steel
Damask steel
Dame's violet
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Dame Alice Ellen Terry
Dame Alicia Markova
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Dame Daphne du Maurier
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
Dame Edith Sitwell
Dame Ellen Terry
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Joan Sutherland
Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Margot Fonteyn

Literary usage of Damask steel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"de Damas, Damascus steel, damask steel. — de fonte, furnace steel. — de forge, forge steel, fined steel. — de fusion, cast steel, ingot steel. ..."

2. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"The production and use of damask steel has received much attention from the ... and they state severally their conviction that the damask steel produced by ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"damask steel, or DAMASCUS STEEL, a steel with a peculiar watered or streaked ... The art of producing damask steel has been generally practised in Oriental ..."

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