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st or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. Shak.

Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. "A bed of ancient damask." W. Irving.

inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.

A sword of Damask steel. No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell

To divest of a mask. Shak.

A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.

A long, shallow basket, with two handles. [Eng.] In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket. Spenser.

Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

See Galligaskins.

A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak.

A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.

A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.] Spenser.

To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.] Shak.

To cover with a casque or as with a casque. Sherwood.

A diarrhea or flux. [Obs.] Holland.

latching.

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.

Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.