damascene, v.
(dæməˈsiːn)
Also 9 -ine.
[f. prec. adj.; cf. damaskeen v.]
trans. a. To ornament (metal-work, esp. steel) with designs incised in the surface and filled in with gold or silver. b. To ornament (steel) with a watered pattern, as in Damascus blades.
| 1585–1613 [see damaskeen v.]. 1848 Lytton Harold iii. ii, His arms were damascened with silver. 1880 Sat. Rev. No. 1302. 461 Swords beautifully damascened in gold. |
c. transf. and fig.
| 1878 Examiner 2 Mar. 283/1 These essential elements..are damascened upon a ground of really good story. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conq. xix, M. Falarique damascenes his sharpest smile. |