SCHILLER

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

(noun) German romantic writer (1759-1805)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Schiller

A German surname.

Anagrams

• chillers, rechills

Etymology

Noun

schiller (usually uncountable, plural schillers)

(mineralogy) A bronze-like lustre observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions.

Anagrams

• chillers, rechills

Source: Wiktionary

Schil"ler, n. Etym: [G., play of colors.] (Min.)

Definition: 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 in sometimes of secondary origin. Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition