GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Berlin prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Germany. Population (2000) = 3,471,418.PJC
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Berlin , n. [The capital of Germany]
- A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.1913 Webster
- 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
- A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.