Meaning of BERLIN
Pronunciation: | | bur'lin, bur'lin
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- [n] a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats
- [n] capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
- [n] United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
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| Synonyms: | | German capital, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline |
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| See Also: | | ballad maker, Berliner, Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG, Germany, limo, limousine, national capital, songster, songwriter, West Berlin | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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.
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