Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Berlin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Berlin
n 1: capital of Germany located in eastern Germany [syn: {Berlin},
{German capital}]
2: United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more
than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
[syn: {Berlin}, {Irving Berlin}, {Israel Baline}]
3: a limousine with a glass partition between the front and
back seats


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