enotes a kind of wrought linen, used chiefly for table-cloths and napkins, and so called because its patterns resemble those of real damask. It was first made in Flanders, but it is now wrought extensively in Britain, particularly at Dunfermline in Scotland, and also at Lisburn and Ardee in Ireland. An inferior description has latterly been made of cotton.

Damask is also applied to a very fine steel, prepared in some parts of the Levant, but particularly in former times at Damascus, whence its name. It is used for sword and cutlass blades, and is very finely tempered.