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 Dam·ask, a.
 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
 2. Having the color of the damask rose.
 But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
 Feed on her damask cheek.   --Shak.
 Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose.
 Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson.
 Damask rose Bot., a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. “Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.” --Bacon.
 Damask steel, or Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity.

 Dam·son n.  A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.
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