damascus
IPA: dʌmˈæskʌs
Root Word: Damascus
noun
- The capital city of Syria.
- Ellipsis of Damascus steel. [A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water.]
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Examples of "damascus" in Sentences
- Damascus the Smile of Sadness.
- About the Damascus by night picture.
- Damascus is also located on an oasis.
- How pliant was the original Damascus steel
- Damascus was known as the paradise of Syria.
- Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad caliphate.
- For Damascus you can go directly to this Damascus gallery.
- The news of the conquest of Acre reached Damascus and Cairo.
- John of Damascus also regarded the brazen serpent as an icon.
- I once saw an old Fox damascus with a hole ripped in the right barrel.
- My damascus bladed shinken sword will do just fine versus zombies or vampires.
- Activists say Palestinian refugees have started to trickle back to a Damascus camp.
- MLH: My friend also has a damascus LeFever but we have never decided whether to shoot it or not.
- The superconductor hyperlattice could be artificially in simmilar way, like so called damascus steel.
- Latest from Jeff Crowner's forge: Traditional kerambit, with a cable-damascus blade, copper ferrule, Paduk handle, leather sheath.
- Edward Morris 6:19 pm: personal spiritual revelations can happen anywhere, be it the road to damascus or the road to sunnyvale trailer park.
- The problem I see is that, at least to me, there's no known instance of a damascus steel helmet or indeed any object from said material that isn't a blade.
- Unless of course, she had a road to damascus moment, and ended up madly in love with an unemployed 20year old sleeping on his parents' sofa - but I wouldn't be able to write that sort of happy ending with any degree of conviction whatsoever!
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