'Hamburg lake' definitions:

Definition of 'Hamburg lake'

From: GCIDE
  • Hamburg \Ham"burg\ (-b[^u]rg), n. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. [1913 Webster]
  • Black Hamburg grape. See under Black.
  • Hamburg edging, a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming.
  • Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal. [1913 Webster]