Berlin iron
- Berlin Ber"lin, n. [The capital of Prussia]
1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
century, at Berlin.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also {Berlin wool}. [1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Berlin — Ber lin, n. [The capital of Prussia] 1. A four wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin. [1913 Webster] 2. Fine worsted for fancy work; zephyr worsted; called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Berlin wool — Berlin Ber lin, n. [The capital of Prussia] 1. A four wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin. [1913 Webster] 2. Fine worsted for fancy work; zephyr worsted; called… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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