prussian : Idioms & Phrases

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franco-prussian war

  • noun a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871
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old prussian

  • noun a dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
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prussian asparagus

  • noun Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots
    bath asparagus; Ornithogalum pyrenaicum.
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Prussian blue

  • noun any of various blue pigments
    iron blue.
  • noun a dark greenish-blue color
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  • (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.
Webster 1913

Prussian carp

  • (Zoöl.) See Gibel.
Webster 1913

Prussian green

  • . (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under Berlin.
Webster 1913