a sort of silken stuff, having some parts raised above the ground, representing flowers or other figures. Damask should be of dressed silks, both in warp and woof. It has its name from its being originally brought from Damascus in Syria. There is also a stuff in France called the caffart-damask, made in imitation of the true damask, having woof of hair, coarse silk, thread, wool, or cotton. Some have the warp of silk and the woof of thread; others all thread or all wool.

Damask is also a kind of wrought linen, made in Flanders; so called, because its large flowers resemble those of damasks. It is chiefly used for tables; a table-cloth and a dozen of napkins are called a damask-service.

Damask is also applied to a very fine steel, in some parts of the Levant, chiefly at Damascus in Syria: whence its name. It is used for sword and cutlafs blades, and is finely tempered.