The Collaborative International Dictionary
Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
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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.
Usage examples of "berlin wool".
Like Lina, Jane could not sit with idle hands, and when she was not working on some garment for the child, who wore them out at an astonishing rate, she was doing Berlin wool work or sketching.