I could see the firelight dancing on the damascened blade. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Cellini tells of his first view of damascened steel blades. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Embossed and gold and silver damascened steel, brass, leather. From Wordnik.com. [Armor Suited for Emperors] Reference
The grey shone in the spring sunlight like the blade of a damascened sword. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
There the sea gleamed like damascened steel; inwardly it shaded through turquoise to jet. From Wordnik.com. [The Game Of Empire]
Spurs were also set with jewels, and often damascened with gold, and ornamented with appropriate mottoes. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Ugly silver lettering in an alphabet known only to a few damascened those plates, proclaiming fearful banes. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Games]
As he indulged in these painful reflections, his eyes became fixed on the skies, already damascened with black clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
The other is a waved blade of splendid polish, its hilt heavily damascened with gold and its guard closely set with diamonds and rubies. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Casca's scimitar glistened as he pulled it back on the follow-through stroke, blood and morning sun now indistinguishable on the damascened steel. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Others have damascened breastplates, the gold wire being inserted in undercut lines engraved in the steel, and incorporated therewith by hammering. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Florentine locksmiths were specially famous; there also was a great fashion for damascened work in that city, and it was executed with much elegance. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Silvan fidgeted under the ministrations of his squire, who was attempting to buckle the straps of the king's damascened armor and having a difficult time of it. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
A Turkish chain-mail shirt with plates bearing gold-damascened invocations in Arabic protected Czar Alexei Mikhailovich during Russia's war with Poland (1654-1656). From Wordnik.com. [Glories of Gift-Giving Diplomacy] Reference
The wrinkled water was like armor damascened and polished. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Worn steel -- dull indeed beside the damascened gold and silver mail of the. From Wordnik.com. [DEVELOPMENT A NOVEL BY W. BRYHER WITH A PREFACE BY AMY LOWELL] Reference
The centre one, which is damascened, has in front of it an extra gorget, and. From Wordnik.com. [Authorised Guide to the Tower of London] Reference
In the corners stood carved cupboards, damascened with ebony and mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [The Precipice] Reference
He was armed in back-and-breast of black steel beautifully damascened with golden arabesques. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Blood] Reference
Central Asia were frequently decorated with dragons and the swastika symbol, in damascened work. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Household Curios] Reference
Also a magnificent pair of long-barrelled pistols, the barrels of which were damascened like the sword. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of a Privateersman] Reference
The hilt was studded with gems, and the blade, which had a cutting edge, was damascened in blue and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Openings in the Old Trail] Reference
These rare examples of the English cutler's and ivory carver's art, dated 1607, have blades damascened with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Household Curios] Reference
The iron blades were cunningly ornamented with damascened copper, and the hilts artistically inlaid with the same metal. From Wordnik.com. [The Negro] Reference
Then she drew out a narrow damascened knife, one which her husband, taken by its elegant shape, had purchased long before in Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in love and in terror] Reference
He told her of many-coloured webs and of silken carpets, the glittering steel of armour damascened, and of barbaric, priceless gems. From Wordnik.com. [The Magician] Reference
Light body armour, richly damascened, lies on the ground to the right of the figure; and a white-plumed helmet stands to the left on. From Wordnik.com. [A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles] Reference
A girdle of crimson velvet, enriched with precious stones, encircled his waist, and sustained a poniard and a Toledo sword, damascened with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Windsor Castle] Reference
The long barrels were damascened, and the carved handles terminated in flat steel butts which would have cracked the pate of any highwayman if the shot missed fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand in the Dark] Reference
A hand in it; I made the great doors, which are of damascened bronze. From Wordnik.com. [News from Nowhere] Reference
" With his own gold damascened sickle the noble cut the herdsman's bonds. From Wordnik.com. [Carnivores of Light and Darkness]
" Behind the ruddy cheeks and neatly trimmed white beard, the eyes of the old soldier were blue damascened steel. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
A long tapering point often of open work or damascened steel, under which are tufts of black ostrich feathers, one or two. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
It is fate, "drawing his highly ornamented and damascened pistols from his waist-band, for he was a considerably dressed Arab, this one. From Wordnik.com. [For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War] Reference
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