Schiller
['ʃɪlə] or ['ʃɪlɚ]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Typist: Penelope
Definition
n. the peculiar bronze-like lustre observed in certain minerals as hypersthene &c. due to internal reflection.—ns. Schillerisā′tion the process by which microscopic crystals have been developed in other minerals so as to give a submetallic sheen by internal reflection; Schill′erite or Schill′er-spar rock enstatite schillerised.
Editor: Lora
Examples
- Here is Schiller's Mary Stuart and a tutor who loves to teach. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I saw Goethe's house, Schiller's statue, and Dannecker's famous 'Ariadne. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His sisters were gone to Morton in my stead: I sat reading Schiller; he, deciphering his crabbed Oriental scrolls. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If Schiller had said to _be_ loved, he might have come nearer the truth. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Mary