Berlin
[bɝ'lɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats.
(noun.) capital of Germany located in eastern Germany.
(noun.) United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989).
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Definition
(n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
(n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
Inputed by Dustin
Definition
n. an old-fashioned four-wheeled covered carriage with a seat behind covered with a hood—also Ber′line.—Berlin blue Prussian blue; Berlin wool a fine dyed wool for worsted-work knitting &c.
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Examples
- Charles Wheatstone of England, and Dr. Siemens of Berlin, and Ladd of America. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The station at Berlin comprised five boilers, and six vertical steam-engines driving by belts twelve Edison dynamos, each of about fifty-five horse-power capacity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The first electrical railway was constructed and operated at Berlin in 1879, by Messrs Siemens and Halske. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After leaving Paris we went to Berlin. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In Berlin there is a rifled cannon of 1664 with thirteen grooves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He secured the rights for the empire, and organized the Berlin Edison system, now one of the largest in the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When I started from Berlin on the trip, I began to tell American stories. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was followed very soon by another line near Berlin for actual traffic; then still another in Saxony. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had spent a certain time at Bonn, at Berlin, and at Frankfurt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Dr. Hoffmann of Berlin invented different forms of drying and burning chambers which attracted great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A peculiar and recent type which attracted much attention and took the gold medal at the Motor Carriage Exposition at Berlin, held in September, 1899, is the Pieper double motor carriage. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Werner Siemens, at Berlin, in 1879, an illustration of which is given in Fig. 33. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The German idea was crystallized in the phrase Berlin to Bagdad. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This treaty of Berlin was the second main factor, the peace of Frankfort being the first, in bringing about the great war of 1914-18. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The German invention, displayed by Herr Schorl, a capitalist of Berlin, is in many respects like the English one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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