Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Schiller"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{Schiller spar} (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite,
exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Schiller
n : German romantic writer (1759-1805) [syn: {Schiller}, {Johann
Christoph Friedrich von Schiller}]
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