damaskeen

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damaskeen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly
           engraving, and partly carving.           --Ure.
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