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Damascus iron

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Damascus \Da*mas"cus\, n. [L.]
   A city of Syria.

   {Damascus blade}, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at
      Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and
      proverbial for excellence.

   {Damascus iron}, or {Damascus twist}, metal formed of thin
      bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and
      welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of
      high quality, in which the surface, when polished and
      acted upon by acid, has a damask appearance.

   {Damascus steel}. See {Damask steel}, under {Damask}, a.
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