Berlin black

English

Noun

Berlin black (uncountable)

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

References

1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

“Berlin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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