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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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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