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Webster 1913 Edition
Berlin
Ber′lin
,Noun.
[The capital of Germany]
1.
A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
2.
Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; – called also
Berlin wool
. Berlin black
, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; – used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
Ure.
– Berlin blue
, Prussian blue.
Ure.
– Berlin green
, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
– Berlin iron
, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from which figures and other delicate articles are manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in imitation of bronze.
– Berlin shop
, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and the materials for such work.
– Berlin work
, worsted embroidery.
Webster 1828 Edition
Berlin
BER'LIN
,Noun.