A city of Syria.

On a barrel, it refers to a kind of steel or iron displaying a peculiar marking or "watering" produced during manufacture. Originally from the 10th century, such steel was brought from India and Persia to Damascus, which at that time was the main junction for trade between East and West. The weapons, however, were not manufactured in that city.

An important city in the kingdom of Syria.

Damascus (1964-1995) was a thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer (1959's Horse of the Year) out of Kerala (by My Babu) foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Though he finished only third in the 1967 Kentucky Derby (a high-strung horse, the humidity depleted him and the noise of the crowd spooked him; he was given a stable pony thereafter to calm him down), he won so many of the other big races—the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes*, the Jockey Club Gold Cup*, the Wood Memorial, the Travers Stakes, the Dwyer Stakes (closing from 12 lengths back and spotting the runner up 16 pounds), the Woodward Stakes*—that he was 1967's Horse of the Year. And he did this in a year that not only the great Dr.

Damascus is a GTK+

A kind of rifle or shotgun barrel used until the late 19th century, made by a process giving a beautiful finish but insufficient strength for modern cartridges