Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. Dryde&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.

2. Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or “water” of such steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A deep pink or rose color. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the color of the damask rose. [ 1913 Webster ]

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. --
Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. --
Damask rose (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. “Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.” Bacon. --
Damask steel, or
Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell (1641). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Arch.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Fort.) (a) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. (b) A screen for a battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Zool.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A person wearing a mask; a masker.

The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen. G. W. Cable. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. (Sporting) The head or face of a fox.

Mask house, a house for masquerades. [ Obs. ] --
Death mask, a cast of the face of a dead person. [ 1913 Webster ]

They must all be masked and vizarded. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disguise; to cover; to hide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Masking the business from the common eye. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Personate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. --
Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. H. L. Scott. --
Masked crab (Zool.), a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. --
Masked pig (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed. [ 1913 Webster ]