An object decorated with damascene work; also can refer to the technique itself of inlaying precious metals into steel or iron.
Variant spelling of damascene, influenced by French damaskiner; came from Damascus through trade routes into European languages.
This alternate spelling shows how the same technique traveled along trade routes and picked up different names in different languages—linguists can actually trace medieval commerce routes by how words changed!
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