Definition of "damascening" []

• Same as damaskeening. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Metal Jeweling Jeweling, also called damascening or engine turning, came into vogue on firearms in the first half of the 20th ..."
• "Jeweling, also called damascening or engine turning, came into vogue on firearms in the first half of the 20th Century, the glory years of the custom rifle. ..."
• "She was reared with her father and mother in honour and indulgence and learnt rhetoric and penmanship and arithmetic and cavalarice and all manner crafts, such as broidery and sewing and weaving and girdle-making and silk-cord making and damascening gold on silver and silver on gold, brief all the arts both of men and women, till she became the union-pearl of her time and the unique gem of her age and day."