[syn: Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline]
3. a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Berlin \Berlin\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Germany. Population (2000) = 3,471,418.
[PJC]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
also Berlin wool.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Berm
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Berlin
n 1: capital of Germany located in eastern Germany [syn:
Berlin, German capital]
2: United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than
1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) [syn:
Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline]
3: a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back
seats