Millerite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n.
     A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who
     taught that the end of the world and the second coming of
     Christ were at hand.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge,
     Eng.] (Min.)
     A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate
     capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow;
     -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  millerite
       n : a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor
           source of nickel