Berlin black

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Noun[edit]

Berlin black (uncountable)

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines