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Berlin shop

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.