damask work

The art or proce of inlaying one metal upon another in the manner described under A. 1. 2. dăm-ąsk, v. t. [DAMASK, 8.] I. Literally: 1. To ornament steel-work with figures, streaks, or stripes. "The cuishes, which his brawny thighs infold,, Are mingled metal, damask'd o'er with gold." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , xi. 735, 136. 2. To imprint the figures of flowers upon. *II. Figuratively : 1. To paint or color, to stain. "The last reason of such their going naked sometimes was out of an opinion that no clothing so adorned them as their painting and damasking of their bodies. Speed: Ancient Britaines , bk. v., ch. vii., § 7. 2. To variegate, to diversify. IMG:content-1768.png:[blocks in formation] to exist in the urine of cows and 2. Fig.: Variegated, diversified. the damask'd meads Unforc'd, display ten you sand painted flowers." J. Philips : Cider , il. to field or charge II. Her : An epithet applied tall squares fretted pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gõ, pot , œ = 6; ey = IMG:content-1769.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] "How would the sons of Troy, in arms renown'd, And Troy's proud dames , whose garments sweep the ground." Pope: Homer's Iliad , vi. 562, 563. IMG:content-1770.png:[blocks in formation] Bot .: The comm or ame of Hesperis matronal is , dammar-gum in a fluid ounce of turpentine; to dis- The flowers are pale-purplish and sweet-scented, a perennial flower belonging to the order Cruciferae, solve one ounce of mastic in two fluid ounces of name is a mistaken translation of the French name, especially in the evening. Prior suggests that the Violette de dam as the Violet of Damascus, misun- needle, with a considerably elongated eye, some- dā-mer, s. [Fr. damer = to ram (?).] A long what like the long eye in a bodkin, intended to receive the coarse, loosely-twisted strands of darn- ing yarn, either of wool or cotton. Da-mi-an, Dā-mi-ěn, s. [Name of a medieval saint.] Hermits of St. Damian or Damien : Ch. Hist .: A name given to the Celestines (q. v.). The French called them Damianes. dăm-1-ăn-a, s. A drug much used in this coun- try in cases of sexual atony. It was first intro- duced to the medical faculty in 1875 by a number of articles by Dr. Caldwell in the Virginia Medical Monthly. Dose of the fluid extract 1 to 3 teaspoon- fuls. 1. From Australia : Also called Cowrie-gum, Kauri-gum. The produce of a large coniferous tree, Dammar a australis , which grows in New Zealand. It occurs in hard white-yellow ma es, having a shining fracture and an odor of turpentine. It con- tains an acid resin, Dammaric acid, and a neutral resin, Dammar in. The former is soluble in dilute alcohol. The resin distilled yields a volatile oil, called Dammarol, boiling at 156, and having the formula C10H 2007. distilled with quicklime Chem.: Pertaining to or derived from dammar. dammaric acid, s. [DAMMAR-RESIN, 1.] IMG:content-1771.png:[blocks in formation] chloroform, and mix. dăm-mar-ol, s. [Eng. dammar; -ol.] [DAM- the White Dammer-tree. dammer-pitch, s. The resin of Vateria indica , IMG:content-1772.png:[blocks in formation] "Infected be the air whereon they ride; And damn'd all those that trust them!" IMG:content-1773.png:[blocks in formation] like the rest, without hearing."-Pope. (2) To ruin, to blast. IMG:content-1774.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1775.png:[blocks in formation] Spenser: F. Q., II., vi. 43. dăm-ni-fỹ, v . t. [Lat. damnifico : damnum = lo , injury, and facio to make, to cause.] 1. To cause lo , detriment, or damage to; to injure, to endamage. "To stay here so much of their goods as they haue dam- nified mee."- Hackluyt : Voyages , vol. iii., p. 134. IMG:content-1776.png:[blocks in formation] they could never yet have power by their con- jura tions to damnify the English vol. iii., p. 320. *dăm-ni-fyde, pa . par . or a . [DAMNIFIED.] *dăm-ni-fy-ing, pr . par ., a . & 8. [DAMNIFY.] IMG:content-1777.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1778.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1779.png:[blocks in formation] "Fell it out so accursedly?" Ambi.: "So damnedly." "Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have a mind to." 1. Condemnation to eternal punishment. 2. The act of ruining or destroying. 3. The act or habit of using profane oaths; cursing. IMG:content-1780.png:[blocks in formation] *II. Fig . Dejection or depre ion of spirits. "Adam by this from the cold sudden damp Recovering, and his scatter'd spirits return'd." Milton: P. L., xi. 293, 294. adj. suff. -an .] Of or relating to Damocles, a *dăm ô-clean, a . [From Damocle (s), and Eng. courtier of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse; having gro ly flattered his sovereign, he was by his orders seated in his place, but with a sword suspended by a single hair over his head, to illustrate the fickle and dangerous nature of such exalted positions. Perilous, anxious. 1. A young, unmarried woman; a maid, a damsel. 2. The wife of an esquire. dăm-ol-ic, a . [Gr. damalis a young cow, and Eng. adj. suff. ic .] Of or pertaining to cows. damolic acid, s . Chem.: C13H2402. A volatile monatomic acid said to exist in the urine of cows and horses. da-mon-i-co, s. [Ital.] A compound of terra di Sienna and Roman ocher, burnt and having all their qualities; it is rather more ru et in hue than the orange de Mars, has considerable transparency, and is rich and durable in color. ( Weale .) *dă-mo-sěl, *damosella, s. [DAMSEL.] dăm-õur ite, s. IMG:content-1781.png:[blocks in formation] "Wide anarchie of chaos, damp and dark." Milton: P. L., x. 283. 2. Clammy. "O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , vi. 85. "This was Theodore Hook . II. Technically : of the pa age of ingre or egre , as the case may be. Dampers are of various forms. They are to the air-pipe or flue what the valve or faucet is to the duct for steam for liquids. The dampers of furnaces are either in the door of the ash-pit, to regulate the ingre of air, or in the course of or on top of the chimney, to close the egre of the vola- tile results of combustion. In the latter form they damper-regulator, s. A device, by which the heat of a furnace or the pre ure of steam is made to vary the area of the air-supply opening of the furnace, or of the flue which carries from the fur- nace the volatile results of combustion. dămp'-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DAMP, v.] damping-machine, s. IMG:content-1782.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A young unmarried woman; a lady. "Damsels of the best families in the town wove colors for the insurgents." --Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. v. 2. A female attendant, a maid. "With her train of damsels she was gone In shady walks, the scorching heat to shun." damsel-flies, s. pl . [Fr. demoiselle .] Probably Dragon-flies of the genus Eshna or Agrion, so called from the elegance of their appearance and attire. "The beautiful blue damsel-flies." Moore : Paradise and the Peri. damsel-train, s. A train of female attendants. "I saw it not (she cried), but heard alone, When death was busy, a loud dying groan. The damsel - train turn'd pale at every wound." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xxiii. 41-3. *dăm-sel (2), *dam-sil, s . [DAMSON.] The same as DAMSON (q. v.). dăm-şön, *damasine, *damasyn, *dama yn, dammasin, *damysyn, s. [Fr. damaisine = a Damascene or Damson plum ( Cotgrave ); Damas Damascus; Lat. damascenus of or pertaining to Damascus.] Botany : 1. A small species of black plum, the fruit of Prunus domestic a or communis (var. damascena ) [PRUNUS], so called from having been originally brought from Damascus. IMG:content-1783.png:[ocr errors] my wife desired some damsons, And made me climb, with danger of my life." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II ., ii. 1. 2. The tree Prunus domestic a or communis . (1) Bitter damson : Simaruba amara . (2) Mountain damson : The same as (1) (q. v.) (3) Wild damson: The bluish-black plums of the hedge; the sloe. damson-cheese, s. A conserve of fresh damsons pre ed to the consistency of cheese. Mining: A truck or sled used in coal-mines. Dăn-ā-ē, s. [Gr.] 1. Ancient Myth .: The daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, and mother of Perseus by Jupiter, who in- troduced himself into her chamber under the form of a shower of gold. dăn-æ-a-wõrts, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. dance a, and Eng. worts .] order Danæacee (q. v.). Bot.: The English name given by Lindley to the Danatüs, king of Argos.] 1. Bot .: A genus of plants belonging to the order Cinchonacese, and consisting of climbing or strag- gling shrubs, with fragrant orange-colored flowers. They are natives of Mauritius. 2. Entom .: A genus of Butterflies. dan-ā-īte, s. [Named after Mr. J. D. Dana, an American geologist and mineralogist; and Eng. suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: A cobaltic variety of Arsenopyrite (q. v.). It contains from 4 to 10 per cent. of cobalt. IMG:content-1784.png:[blocks in formation] danced dançed, pa. par. or a. [DANCE, v.]