Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Damaskeen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Damaskeen \Dam"as*keen`\, Damasken \Dam"as*ken\, v. t. [F.
damaschinare. See {Damascene}, v.]
To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or
``water'' produced in the process of manufacture, or with
designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another
metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask.
Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly
engraving, and partly carving. --Ure.
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