Hypertext Webster Gateway: "millerite"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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