Berlin black

English

Noun

Berlin black (uncountable)

  1. A black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; used for coating the better kinds of ironware[1].

References
  1. 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines
  • Berlin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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