Schiller

2 definitions found

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

  Schiller \Schil"ler\, n. [G., play of colors.] (Min.)
     The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals,
     as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence
     of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes
     of secondary origin.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Schiller spar} (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite,
        exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Schiller
       n : German romantic writer (1759-1805) [syn: {Johann Christoph
           Friedrich von Schiller}]