The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F.
prussien.]
Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
Prussia.
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Prussian blue (Chem.), any one of several complex double
cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark
blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained
by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow
prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in
dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also Williamson's blue,
insoluble Prussian blue, Berlin blue, etc.
Prussian carp (Zool.) See Gibel.
Prussian green. (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under
Berlin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Germany]
1. 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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2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
also Berlin wool.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), n.
1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light
divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism;
the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that,
whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color.
Sometimes, poetically, the sky; as, to fly off into the
blue.
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2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of
despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.]
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Berlin blue, Prussian blue.
Mineral blue. See under Mineral.
Prussian blue. See under Prussian.
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