Meanings
noundamaskin (plural damaskins)
plural damaskins
- obsoleteA sword of Damascus steel.
No old Toledo blades or damaskins.
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
verbdamaskin (third-person singular simple present damaskins, present participle damaskining, simple past and past participle damaskined)
present singular third person damaskins · participle present damaskining · participle past damaskined · past damaskined
- alternativeAlternative form of damascene.
Origin
Compare French damasquin (adjective). See damaskeen.
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