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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An early form of steel having wavy markings, developed in Near Eastern countries and used chiefly in sword blades.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See Damask steel, under
damask .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
steel used inswordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized bydistinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades
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