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Damask (/ˈdæməsk/; Arabic: دمشق) is a woven,
reversible patterned fabric.
Damasks are
woven by
periodically reversing the
action of the warp and weft...
- two varieties:
Summer Damasks (R. ×
damascena nothovar. damascena) have a
short flowering season, only in the summer.
Autumn Damasks (R. ×
damascena nothovar...
- with the
distinctive surface patterns on the swords, in the same way that
Damask fabrics (also
named for Damascus), got
their name.
Damascus blades were...
- Look up
damask in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Damask may
refer to: A tapestry-woven fabric, see
Damask Damask, Iran, a
village in
Razavi Khorasan...
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novel covers the
later life and
machinations of
Darth Plagueis (born Hego
Damask II), over a
roughly fifty-year
period pre-dating and
culminating concurrently...
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foreign markets, and
iconic for the
finest fabrication of silks, velvets,
damasks, and
brocades from the city.
Catanzaro overlooks the Gulf of Squillace...
- can
equal it".
Samuel Johnson equates "damascene" and "damson" and for "
damask plum"
simply states "see Plum" (A
Dictionary of the
English Language, 1755...
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accounts for the
remontant (repeat-flowering)
nature of some
damasks (the
autumn damasks), as R.
fedtschenkoana is one of the few
remontant wild roses...
- The
genus Aesculus (/ˈɛskjʊləs/ or /ˈaɪskjʊləs/), with
species called buckeye and
horse chestnut,
comprises 13–19
species of
flowering plants in the family...
- ****fire Club was a term used to
describe several exclusive clubs for high-society
rakes established in
Great Britain and
Ireland in the 18th Century....
