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English → English (gcide) Definition: Berlin blue Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia. [1913 Webster] 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 (Zo["o]l.) See Gibel. Prussian green. (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under Berlin. [1913 Webster] 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. [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] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Berlin blue, Prussian blue. Mineral blue. See under Mineral. Prussian blue. See under Prussian. [1913 Webster]

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