Usually means: Ancient, patterned steel with resilience.
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  1. Damascus steel: Merriam-Webster
  2. Damascus steel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Damascus steel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Damascus steel: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Damascus steel, damascus steel: Wiktionary
  8. Damascus steel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Damascus steel: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Damascus steel, damascus steel: Dictionary.com
  11. Damascus Steel (album), Damascus Steel, Damascus steel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Damascus steel: Rhymezone
  13. damascus steel: FreeDictionary.org
  14. damascus steel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Damascus steel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Damascus steel: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Damascus steel)

noun:  A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water.
noun:  A modern composite steel made of distinctive portionings of different steels in patterns, resembling that of ancient Damascus steel
noun:  Any pattern-welded steel
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Damascus steel [A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water.]

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